A crewed expedition to Mars promises to push the absolute limits of human endurance. To grasp the sheer scale of the journey, ...

For years, nuclear propulsion sat in the same category as so many ambitious space ideas, impressive on paper, always a few ...

The Smithsonian exhibit has drawn praise online, with many social media users calling the saree's inclusion a powerful symbol ...

A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to ...

NASA's Psyche spacecraft will get a boost from Mars on Friday, May 15, passing just 2,800 miles (4,500 kilometers) from the planet's surface at some 12,333 mph (19,848 kph). The spacecraft will ...

NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

If you were to stand on the surface of Mars in two years and look up to the night sky, you might see a bright streak flying across the heavens, followed a few minutes later by another. Rather than ...

Earlier this year, rocket scientists at NASA fired up an electromagnetic thruster powered by lithium metal vapor.

NASA's Psyche mission will execute a close flyby of Mars on 15 May. The spacecraft has captured an image of the Red Planet ...