Spokane native and NASA astronaut Anne McClain has now safely traveled to space and back, twice. McClain, a U.S Army Colonel and commander of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission, splashed down off the coast ...

NASA plans to establish a continuous lunar presence by 2030 with a nuclear reactor, crucial for powering habitats and ...

At these distances, the satellites remain within Earth’s protective magnetic shield and can reliably measure the planet’s ...

The US is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the Moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the end of the ...

Meteorites, captivating cosmic relics, provide a rare insight into the origins and evolution of our solar system. More than ...

Built by Lockheed Martin and operated by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Juno launched from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 5, 2011, ...

I don't think space or lunar tourism is going to be the big draw that transforms the moon into something unrecognizable.

Despite all the buzz around space tourism and giant rockets that can get us to the moon and beyond, life in space is still a ...

Launched in October 2024, Europa Clipper is on a 1.8-billion-mile (2.9-billion-kilometer) journey to study Jupiter and its ...

Signed by the current Acting Administrator Sean Duffy, NASA Headquarters released a plan that calls for creating a new position, the Fission Surface Power Program Executive, who would oversee this ...

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical challenges.

The 97-year-old American icon, known for delivering the infamous “Houston, we’ve had a problem” line during the ill-fated ...