With NASA's new chief taking over the agency recently, here's what NASA sees for the future of space exploration, along with its upcoming projects.

NASA’s pursuit of nuclear propulsion technology marks a monumental advancement in the realm of space exploration. By leveraging the power of nuclear rockets, the agency is poised to redefine how we ...

Project Hyperion, a global competition launched in 2024, challenged engineers, researchers, and architects to develop "plans" for generational spaceships that could be used to carry humanity to other ...

When NASA announced that astronauts on upcoming missions will be allowed to take modern smartphones into space, the initial ...

October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the third in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers, ...

More than half a century after humans set foot on the Moon, the final frontier still fuels our imagination. Back then, it was all about doing what had never been done before and doing it first. In ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Momentus Inc. (MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company offering satellites, satellite components, and in-space transportation and services, announced today that it ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have developed a groundbreaking plasma tunnel to simulate the extreme ...

This would involve Google Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) AI chips being placed onboard an interconnected network of satellites to “harness the full power of the Sun.” Specifically, a “solar panel can be ...

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