The United States has set one of the boldest energy goals in space history: NASA and the Department of Energy want a working ...

The company said it uses 2 kilograms of Americium-241 fuel to generate 50 watts of power for a lunar rover, compared with about 10 kilograms of radioisotope material needed by legacy systems. The ...

Deep space probes and frontline soldiers share a basic problem: once they leave the grid, every watt has to be carried in.

As NASA enters a historic new era of deep-space exploration, the Martz-Kohl Observatory will host a presentation by Stephanie Buskirk Dudley, NASA’s Moon to Mars Exploration Operations deputy director ...

BEIJING--China’s main space contractor vowed to develop space tourism in the next five years, state media ⁠reported on ...

China has officially accelerated its timeline to develop space tourism over the next five years, marking a significant move to challenge US dominance in deep space exploration. The state-owned ...

The Lunar Gateway is a planned space station that will orbit the moon. It is part of the NASA‑led Artemis program. Artemis ...

Final tests of NASA's laser beam communication technology suggests we'll soon have a new way to keep in touch with astronauts and spacecraft venturing into deep space. When you purchase through links ...

NASA's ambitious mission to return astronauts to the moon for the first time this century is on track to launch no later than April 2026, but it just might fly sooner if all goes well. Final tests of ...

The left panel shows the solar system and Earth. The upper right panel presents the layered structure of the Earth, with arrows showing the coupling between mantle convection and tectonic plate motion ...

In this Q&A, His Excellency Eng. Salem Butti Salem Al Qubaisi discusses the UAE's ambitious space journey from Earth observation to deep space exploration through the Emirates Mars Mission and ...