US engineers have tested a thermal propulsion reactor fuel at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Centre with the aim for it to be ...

Peculiar bursts of energy called chorus waves have been detected in deep space far from our planet, suggesting they could ...

Nuclear thermal propulsion fuel could reduce the travel time for missions to Mars from six months to just 45 days.

General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.

NASA has plans to launch the first deep space station for humans to live long-term. Is it a necessary step to Mars?

Wildfires in California caused evacuations at NASA Jet Propulsion Labaratory in Pasadena, halting the Perseverance Rover ...

Despite the evacuation of its Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, no space mission data has been lost, NASA says. NATIONAL HARBOR ...

Mars in 2024 was the site of the sad end of a machine that lived far beyond expectations. On January 18, NASA's Ingenuity ...

Another challenge of long-duration missions is staying mentally healthy. Astronauts are often confined to small spaces for ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...