The US wants to put a flag on Mars. But there’s a risk it could carry unwanted stowaways that might compromise future ...

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have taken a major step toward developing lightsails that could one day ...

Russian scientists claim to have developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could enable travel to Mars in just one to ...

Radiation in the form of sunlight is therefore enough to push interplanetary spacecraft thousands of miles off course, however, so this effect must be accounted for when sending probes to Mars or ...

"Yet, NASA will face a myriad of daunting budgetary, industrial, geopolitical, technical, and health and medical constraints ...

Most people hear “spacecraft” and envision rockets blasting into space, but they’re often not aware of the meticulous ...

Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, recently developed a new spacecraft engine with impressive specifications.

The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes is a growing challenge that’s only going ...

Reality Break gives you the power to mess with time and space in a galactic action RPG inspired by Diablo, and it's just hit ...

A new test of nuclear propellant fuel under space-like conditions has been hailed as a success by NASA and General Atomics ...

American space agency NASA awarded a NIAC grant to ThinkOrbital for a study into building a shipyard in space using ...

Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a ...