The US Space Force is moving forward with missions to test the concept of space gas stations that can refuel satellites ...

A unique mission called Fram2, paid for and led by a cryptocurrency billionaire who is flying with three guests, lifted off, carrying the crew into an orbit around the North and South poles. Follow ...

SpaceX successfully launched Fram2, the first crewed mission to orbit Earth's poles, on Monday night from the Kennedy Space ...

After ten years of quiet research, Pulsar Fusion has unveiled a nuclear fusion-powered rocket called the Sunbird. This spacecraft isn’t just another science fiction concept—it’s being designed to fly ...

As Mars discussions between the European Space Agency and NASA deepened in 2008 and 2009, the mission's launch vehicle changed to an Atlas V rocket built by US-based United Launch Alliance. Then, just ...

Russia’s Nuclear Power Proposal for Mars Russia has made a surprising offer to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk—a small ...

Curiosity found large organic molecules in a 2013 Mars rock sample. These fragments suggest Mars had the right chemistry for ...

NASA and DARPA are developing a demonstration nuclear-powered rocket that could shorten travel time to Mars and make space ...

Martian lake beds and deltas reveal the Red Planet’s watery past. But many puzzles remain, scientist Bruce Jakosky says.

Private space company Galactic Energy could debut the world's first electromagnetic rocket launch pad by 2028.

Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to ...

A look back at all of the spectacular tests — and failures — that have punctuated SpaceX's development of its Starship rocket ...