Radioisotope power systems (RPS) keep spacecraft going with nuclear batteries. Until now, RPS operated using a plutonium isotope, but researchers have found that an isotope of americium could keep ...

Dozens of engineers will monitor the Artemis II Orion spacecraft along its journey in 2026 while collecting data from the new room inside Houston's Mission Control Center. NASA's Artemis program is ...

An executive order (EO) signed by President Trump on Thursday (Aug. 28) — just before millions of Americans began their Labor Day holiday weekend — removes NASA employees from federal labor-management ...

NASA’s SPHEREx joined Webb and Hubble in studying interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, gathering data on its size, chemistry, and physical traits. While harmless to Earth, the comet provides scientists a rare ...

NASA's interim administrator, Sean Duffy, said Thursday he has heard the recent talk about how some people are starting to believe that China will land humans on the Moon before NASA can return there ...

Lockheed Martin's concept for a fission surface power (FSP) system on the surface of the moon. Credit: Lockheed Martin WASHINGTON — NASA is moving ahead with plans to support development of a lunar ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Citing the proposed budget cuts by the Trump administration, NASA announced on Friday that after the Artemis III mission — where Americans will return to the moon — the rocket ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. With about two-and-a-half years to go until a planned crewed-mission ...

NASA has launched Surya, its new heliophysics artificial intelligence foundation model to empower solar scientists with tools to enhance research and space weather forecasting. Southwest Research ...

A planned NASA rocket launch will be visible to people in the Philly region on Monday night, according to the space agency. The launch is part of NASA's Turbulent Oxygen Mixing Experiment Plus, or ...

NASA’s first manned trip to the moon in over 50 years needs volunteers. The space agency announced last week that it’s crowdsourcing Earth-side support for its next mission. Artemis II, tentatively ...

Blue Origin is proposing a version of its Blue Ring spacecraft to serve as a Mars communications satellite. Credit: Blue Origin WASHINGTON — NASA is still working on a strategy to procure a Mars ...