NASA is developing a groundbreaking spacecraft concept designed to revolutionize Mars travel. The ambitious plan involves ...

NASA is working on a groundbreaking nuclear electric propulsion system that could dramatically speed up trips to Mars. The ...

A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...

A book called "Mars Project" originated as a technical appendix to a science fiction novel, both of which were written by rocket science pioneer Wernher von Braun.  The technical appendix was ...

Orbital dynamics show that President Trump’s pledge to land astronauts on Mars couldn’t happen until 2029 at the earliest.

The trip to Mars and back is not one for the faint ... the in-space assembly component will benefit and influence the design of the very spacecraft it would serve. "Existing vehicles have not ...

such as designs from companies from SpaceX and Blue Origin, to Mars, Nelson said. Mars has long posed a challenge to landers because its thin atmosphere is thick enough to burn up a spacecraft ...

President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag ...

“I don’t think we want the only [Mars] sample return coming back on a Chinese spacecraft,” Nelson said ... board determined that the original design would probably cost up to $11 billion ...