Planetary exploration may be about to get a major speed boost. Researchers tested a semi-autonomous robot that can move from ...

The U.S. space agency’s Skyfall project calls for sending robotic helicopters to Mars on a nuclear-powered spacecraft before ...

NASA plans a 2028 nuclear-powered Mars mission using SR-1 Freedom and Skyfall helicopters, aiming to transform deep-space ...

Mars has always felt like a distant neighbor, reachable only after a long, risky cruise through deep space. Now engineers inside NASA are sketching a very different future, one where a nuclear powered ...

Modern space exploration is driven as much by processors as it is by rockets. And it remains the ultimate test of our ...

The Artemis II mission is America’s opening bid for deep space exploration — an ambition that is well worth its hefty price ...

The spacecraft will deliver NASA's Skyfall payload, which is a group of helicopters designed to find subsurface water on Mars ...

“This 400,000-square-foot facility at (NASA Johnson Space Center’s) Exploration Park houses the world’s largest indoor ...

Another view from Perseverance shows how windswept Mars' landscape truly is. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, ...

Former SpaceX engineer, Halen Mattison, and his startup, General Galactic, are looking to revolutionize rocket propulsion by turning water into rocket fuel. Their ambitious project, discussed in ...

Space is extremely dangerous, but people can still do more than robotic explorers can – in terms of technical achievements ...