Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and one of our closest neighbors in space. But it’s not a very welcoming place for an ...

We’ve observed with concern a rising trend in human spaceflight discussions: the suggestion that we bypass the moon and send ...

Specifically, researchers have identified for the first time an organism capable of maintaining metabolic activity in a ...

The Trump administration is floating a plan to trim about $6 billion from the budget of NASA while emphasizing the importance ...

Launched in 1972, Kosmos 482 was intended to land on the surface of Venus, but an engine malfunction left it stranded in ...

A Soviet spacecraft is expected to come hurtling back to Earth after being stuck in orbit for more than 50 years. The Kosmos ...

At its simplest, in-space manufacturing refers to anything made in space that can then be used on Earth or in space itself.

The Kosmos 482 probe, launched in 1972, was intended to land on Venus as part of the USSR's Venera program. However, a rocket ...

Stratolaunch completed two flights of its autonomous Talon-A2 rocket plane earlier this year, as the US aims to gain ground ...

Up to 50 'shooting stars' per hour will streak through the night sky when the Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks just before ...

Did you know that Canadian feet were actually the first to touch down on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission?