The first of these was the loss of space shuttle Columbia in February, the second fatal shuttle accident, which signaled that ...

The ISS feels impossibly far at 250 miles up, but lunar missions go 240,000 miles out - over 1000x the distance. It's a ...

Anna Menon, a Duke University alumna, is one of ten students to join NASA's 2025 astronaut class. With a background in engineering and space science, Menon is poised to contribute to future space ...

The Houston native holds a master's degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University and previously worked in NASA's ...

We're potentially less than two weeks away from witnessing SpaceX's massive Starship rocket soar once again halfway around the world.

SpaceX’s Elon Musk says he will rocket Optimus bots on the first Starships sent to Mars, but a leading robotics scholar ...

Bian Zhigang, vice administrator of CNSA, outlined a number of recent successes, including the Chang'e 5 and Chang'e 6 moon ...

Lettuce grown in space contains 29-31% less calcium and 25% less magnesium than Earth crops, creating serious health risks ...

The recent announcement that scientists have spotted what they believe to be evidence suggesting ancient life on Mars seemed like the latest in an endless cycle of tantalizing hints followed by pleas ...

NASA canceled the VIPER rover mission to the moon last year, citing cost overruns. But the space agency has announced a plan to revive it.

The data gathered from the chips, combined with previous studies, are anticipated to give NASA more insight into what microgravity does to the human body and how the agency can work to protect its ...

NASA has announced the 10 people selected from a pool of 8,000 applicants who will join the agency’s astronaut core.