If you design a new tool for use on Earth, it is easy to test and practice using that tool in its intended environment. But ...

Design, demonstration vehicle production, and various tests will begin in earnest in fiscal 2025. The third phase of the Artemis project (Artemis III) aims to put humans back on the Moon’s ...

SpaceX, under Musk's influence, is securing substantial government contracts and support across multiple federal agencies.

James Gentile always wanted to fly. As he prepared for an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy to become a pilot, life threw him an unexpected ...

After the second loss of Starship was visible in Florida skies, new questions are being raised about the powerful launch ...

Firefly originally intended to develop a spacecraft based on the design of Israel's Beresheet lander, which was the first ...

It pushed Congress and NASA to unite behind a plan, dubbed Artemis, that aims to ... and operate small lunar probes. The project has had mixed results, the IG found, partly because NASA managers ...

Gertrude.” Gertrude isn’t a library assistant, though. She’s a 3D printer, named by the library staff. Purchased with ...

Researchers worry an “extinction-level event” is coming for space science as the Trump administration looks to slash spending ...

"Once something's up in space and in orbit — and if it doesn't work — it's not like you can bring it back and fix it and send it back up again": Phil Monkress.

A Güntner cooling system is helping NASA and the DLR test greenhouse technology that could one day feed astronauts on the ...

“Ice is a key volatile that we’re interested in,” says Adam Schlesinger, project manager of CLPS ... “This is a location that Artemis astronauts might go to in the future, so it’s ...