For years, nuclear propulsion sat in the same category as so many ambitious space ideas, impressive on paper, always a few ...

A new study suggests early asteroid trajectory data could help design faster Mars missions, potentially cutting round-trip ...

A prototype ion engine that uses lithium vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achieving 25 times more power than ...

NASA has plans for a giant leap in its method of space travel, beginning with a nuclear-powered mission to Mars that's ...

A crewed expedition to Mars promises to push the absolute limits of human endurance. To grasp the sheer scale of the journey, ...

NASA confirmed Thursday that SpaceX will launch the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover, perhaps as soon as late 2028, on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. So ...

Earlier this year, rocket scientists at NASA fired up an electromagnetic thruster powered by lithium metal vapor.

Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have developed a new thruster that increases power 25 times stronger than ...

NASA's Artemis program aims to return humans to the moon, which is seen as a stepping stone for future missions to Mars. The upcoming Artemis II mission will be a 10-day test flight circling the moon ...

"I’d say that while an astronaut could make it to Mars they might need dialysis on the way back," researchers said.