The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the ...

As it soared past Mars in March, NASA's Europa Clipper conducted a critical radar test that had been impossible to accomplish ...

Thirteen years after Curiosity landed on Mars, engineers are finding ways to make the NASA rover even more productive. The ...

A deceptive difference having to do with Earth's and Mars's gravity may be the reason why NASA's rovers get stuck in the ...

Spirit’s landing on Mars wasn’t powered by rockets—it bounced! Discover why NASA wrapped its rover in giant airbags for one ...

Launched in October 2024, Europa Clipper is on a 1.8-billion-mile (2.9-billion-kilometer) journey to study Jupiter and its moons. On March 1, it flew within 550 miles (884 kilometers) of Mars' surface ...

People are looking forward to witnessing the first footsteps on the moon in over 50 years and the first ones on Mars ever.

Can you teach an old Mars rover new tricks? NASA says the answer is a resounding “yes.” Following its landing on Mars 13 ...

NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy is fast-tracking the agency’s plans to build a nuclear reactor on the lunar surface, a ...

Is NASA going to put a nuclear reactor on the moon? Here's what Sean Duffy said about U.S. race against China in space and going to Mars.

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy has directed the agency to fast-track plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon.

Electrons released when cosmic rays strike water-ice can provide energy for microbes and facilitate the formation of complex ...