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

NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

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

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

A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would shorten a roundtrip to Earth's planetary neighbor to as ...

NASA’s CHAPEA mission, designed to simulate the challenges of long-duration Mars exploration, has now reached a milestone, ...

In the aftermath of the glorious splashdown of Artemis II, returning to the moon is the next required step. Much will be ...

Unusual Mars mishap: A rock named 'Atacama' became lodged on Curiosity’s drill sleeve, marking the first such incident in the rover’s 13-year mission. Weeklong removal effort: NASA engineers tried ...

If you were to stand on the surface of Mars in two years and look up to the night sky, you might see a bright streak flying across the heavens, followed a few minutes later by another. Rather than ...

A Brazilian cosmologist studying near-Earth asteroids wasn't looking for a shortcut to Mars — but he found one anyway.