Roughly seven hours after departure, we landed on ice.  The remnants of a 1970 Lockheed C-121 Super Constellation crash were noticeable nearby.

New Zealand's air force carried out the perilous operation in freezing temperatures and total darkness. U.S. officials called ...

Amid 24-hour darkness, three people based at the United States' McMurdo Station in Antarctica were rescued by the Royal New ...

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission to the moon ended in failure after contact with was lost a day after the launch in February ...

The new temporary head of NASA wants to get nuclear power on the moon before China, which could mean another Florida launch ...

Solar panels, wind turbines, a hydrogen energy system and lithium-ion batteries are powering China’s newest polar research ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The weather remains uncertain as NASA and SpaceX tries for a second launch attempt of the four-member ...

SpaceX has rolled out the Falcon 9 rocket mounted with the Dragon spacecraft that will carry NASA 's next crew rotation ...

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

Five years ago electrical engineer Sun Hongbin was given what many would consider an impossible task: build a full-fledged ...

NASA has set a 2030 deadline to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon. It’s an ambitious but potentially ...