The Reusable Revolution Since the first satellites were put into orbit with Sputnik in 1957, to the 1969 Moon landing, the 1971 first space station, and the 2001 first space tourist, all access to ...

SpaceX has long set its sights on Mars, and has made the bold promise that they will land humans on Mars in 2029, which will eventually pave the path for chief executive officer Elon Musk’s plans for ...

Scientists are developing a new space propulsion system that uses water as fuel, promising a more sustainable way to explore ...

Eco-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels are venturing beyond Earth—and into space.

Russian scientists claim to have developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could enable travel to Mars in just one to ...

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! The five Kinéis satellites were set to be deployed into a 401-mile-high (646 kilometers) circular orbit 66 ...

But before that can happen, nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) technologies still have quite a way to go before we could blast astronauts through space on a nuclear rocket. However, earlier this ...

For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put a payload in orbit using its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.

The $34.9 million award will launch the Space Power and Propulsion for Agility, Responsiveness and Resilience Institute — also known as SPAR. The goal: developing new high-efficiency power and ...

A new test of nuclear propellant fuel under space-like conditions has been hailed as a success by NASA and General Atomics ...

Where is all the water that may form oceans on distant planets and moons? The SPHEREx astrophysics mission will search the ...

On the heels of the revelation that Boeing is planning to lay off as many as 400 workers from its Space Launch System ... or consider canceling the SLS rocket. “I have not been concerned ...