It has long become obvious that if we are to expand our reach into the solar system, the current means of propulsion for spaceships would simply not do. With such goals set for the near future, the ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued ...

Time is running out for Boeing to fix its leaky Starliner spacecraft.

When NASA’s DART spacecraft deliberately crashed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, it did more than change the asteroid’s local orbit — it slightly shifted the path of the entire asteroid pair ...

Visions of the Future poster for the “Grand Tour” of planets, a reference to when NASA’s Voyager mission used the once-every-175-year alignment of our solar system’s outer planets to stage its orbiter ...

Could a single spacecraft’s propulsion system flaws reshape NASA’s crew transport strategy for the rest of the decade? That’s the question now looming large after the agency’s decision to pare ...

Delray Beach, FL, Oct. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The space propulsion market was valued at USD 13.36 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow to USD 20.02 billion at a compound annual growth rate ...

When NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced the revamped approach to the Artemis moon program, it was unclear whether ...