Among the many payloads that will fly to the moon aboard Astrobotic's robotic Peregrine lander next year are capsules containing DNA samples and symbolic portions of cremated remains.

There's a rising call for "unidentified aerial phenomena" to be studied scientifically, perhaps even using satellites to be on the lookout for possible future events.

Chinese has selected a third group of astronauts for the nation's coming space station, the China Manned Space Agency announced.

Four small spacecraft are being readied for moonbound treks to help quench a thirst for new data about lunar water ice.

A high-tech pioneer for NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway space station is being readied for liftoff early next year.

U.S. military officials have increasingly flagged a new role in guarding American assets and interests in Earth-moon space.

Four Indian astronauts continue to train at Russia's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center near Moscow as prospective space travelers for India's crewed Gaganyaan project.

Can humanity mine water ice at the moon's poles without compromising these regions' great scientific potential?

China has built a testing ground for its first Mars mission, Tianwen-1, which launched to the Red Planet in July and aims to land a rover on the surface in April 2021.

The Pentagon just announced the creation of a task force to analyze and understand the "nature and origins" of UFOs. Here's what the much-hyped news means.

Russia's Luna-25 moon lander is starting to come together ahead of its planned launch next year.

China's bid to explore Mars involves several other nations for tracking, orbital relay of data and science instrument support.

The OIG determined that Orion, the next-gen capsule that will carry NASA astronauts to the moon and other deep-space destinations, has continued to experience cost increases and schedule delays.

China's first fully homegrown Mars mission, Tianwen-1, rolled out to its launch pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province today (July 17).

The emergency preparedness activities now underway to combat the coronavirus pandemic offer insight about our readiness to deal with a dangerous incoming asteroid, experts say.

Researchers using China's huge new FAST radio telescope are piecing together a technological strategy to carry out a major and sweeping search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).

Around the planet, a loosely knit but closely woven band of amateurs monitor the whereabouts of satellites — be they secretive spacecraft, rocket stages, orbital debris or lost space probes.

The first two prototype telescopes for the ambitious PANOSETI project are up and running.

A glimpse into China's readiness to handle samples from the moon reveals steps to be taken for storage, processing and preparation of the specimens.

NASA and the European Space Agency plan to haul pristine Mars samples to Earth in the near future. Should we worry about a possible 'Andromeda Strain' scenario?

Scientists and engineers are trying to work out ways to tamp down lunar dust so billowing clouds don't pose a problem to astronauts landing on the moon in 2024.

In "See You In Orbit? Our Dream Of Spaceflight," former NASA manager Alan Ladwig takes a look back at the missions and milestones in developing public spaceflight opportunities.

Planetary scientists and linguistic style makers don't agree about how to write the name of Earth's nearest neighbor.

The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus is beginning to affect major upcoming space and science gatherings.