Potential budget cuts at NASA are threatening future missions just weeks after Artemis II's historic trip around the moon.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the future of astronautics and space technologies. That visibility naturally invites a follow-on question: what comes next ...

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will prepare to survey billions of galaxies, and multiple nations will launch ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and its unusual gas-to-dust chemistry Crewed and robotic lunar missions advancing sustained exploration Asteroid characterization and deflection studies supporting ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have developed a groundbreaking plasma tunnel to simulate the extreme conditions spacecraft face during reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. This ...

Beyond Artemis II, human spaceflight missions will need longer expiration dates and grow-it-yourself options. Luckily, labs around the world are working on these menus—and invited National Geographic ...

The world’s first commercial space science telescope, Mauve, just sent back data from low-Earth orbit, achieving “first light” — and signaling a potential new era for low-cost observation. Launched ...

In June, the White House released a budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 that slashed funding for NASA’s science programs by nearly 50 percent. Then, in July, the Trump administration began telling ...

NASA is revving up its plans for a successor to the International Space Station (ISS). On Tuesday agency officials announced that a formal request for information would open on March 25, kicking off a ...

Before humans sent the first dogs and chimps into space, there was genuine fear: Can a living creature evolved for gravity survive in sustained zero-G? Many posited that the result would be fatal, as ...

As Morehead State University continues to make national news for the work of students and faculty in its space science programs, it will now have even more resources to continue its mission. The MSU ...