The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the ...

NASA must confront its budget pressures, reduce bureaucracy, and focus on mission-driven culture in order to achieve its ...

Signed by the current Acting Administrator Sean Duffy, NASA Headquarters released a plan that calls for creating a new position, the Fission Surface Power Program Executive, who would oversee this ...

Thirteen years ago, the Curiosity rover landed on Mars, inside Gale crater in particular. It was originally sent to the red ...

Thirteen years into its mission, NASA's Curiosity rover is still uncovering Martian mysteries — and learning to do more with ...

Coustenis noted that U.S. President Trump's budget request to Congress does not support NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) ...

Spirit’s landing on Mars wasn’t powered by rockets—it bounced! Discover why NASA wrapped its rover in giant airbags for one ...

New research published in Nature Communications identifies an iron sulfate on Mars that may represent a brand-new mineral.

Is NASA going to put a nuclear reactor on the moon? Here's what Sean Duffy said about U.S. race against China in space and going to Mars.

These can range from the interesting (such as the donut-shaped rock which may not be from the planet) to the silly (hello, ...

Electrons released when cosmic rays strike water-ice can provide energy for microbes and facilitate the formation of complex ...