The Psyche spacecraft launched nearly two years ago and is currently on its way to rendezvous with a unique asteroid in an ...

Psyche has an unusual propulsion system which uses ionized xenon and which gives off a blue glow. These thrusters use tiny amounts of xenon and expel charged atoms to move forwards. While electric ...

NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, made history as the first aircraft to fly on another planet—but what happened after its final mission? In this video, we break down the incredible journey of ...

A new Musk project is on the brink of victory: to officially turn a small patch of coastal South Texas into a city known as ...

Billionaire Jared Isaacman, who has been to space twice and is Trump's pick to head NASA, could be one step closer to ...

It was only supposed to last 90 days—but it survived for nearly 15 years. NASA’s Opportunity rover was one of the most ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, Bhavya Lal, the former acting Chief Technologist at NASA explains how nuclear power could unlock humanity’s next giant leap in space.

Communications with Mars explorers face unique challenges, including 4–24 minute signal delays and limited bandwidth that ...

NASA could soon have its new leader after a committee Wednesday advanced President Trump’s nomination of billionaire Jared ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover just made history with its first-ever mid-drive photo snapped from orbit, captured by the HiRISE ...

On a windswept plain 140 million miles from Earth, a dark speck moves across the ochre sands of Mars. For more than a decade, ...

Researchers use the sophisticated technology on NASA's Perseverance rover to analyze volcanic rocks in Mars' Jezero Crater. Their findings show that some of the same volcanic processes that led to ...