Nuclear Propulsion Could Be 'Game-Changer' for Space Exploration, NASA Chief Says By Mike Wall Humanity's next giant leap could be enabled by nuclear thermal propulsion, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said.
Meet Skybot F-850, the Humanoid Robot Russia Is Launching into Space By Tom Metcalfe When a Russian Soyuz spacecraft launches from Kazakhstan for the International Space Station Wednesday, it will carry a humanoid robot called Skybo F-850.
Astrobotic's Private Moon Lander Will Launch on a Vulcan Centaur Rocket in 2021 By Mike Wall A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will send Astrobotic's Peregrine lander on its way toward Earth's nearest neighbor two years from now.
NASA Robots Rove Through Caves for Underground DARPA Competition (Video) By Passant Rabie Robots from different parts of the world are about to go on a subterranean adventure.
Big Leap by SpaceX's Starship Prototype Pushed to Next Week By Mike Wall It looks like we'll have to wait a little longer to see Starhopper make its biggest leap yet.
Elon Musk Floats 'Nuke Mars' Idea Again (He Has T-Shirts) By Mike Wall Nuking Mars is still on Elon Musk's wish list, it would seem.
LinkSpace Reusable Rocket Prototype Makes Its Highest Flight Yet (And Lands, Too!) By Tariq Malik The Chinese company LinkSpace successfully flew a rocket prototype on its highest flight yet, then nailed the landing as the firm pursues reusable spaceflight technology.
Europe and Russia Have ExoMars Parachute Problems. It Could Threaten the 2020 Mars Launch By Leonard David The mission, which is scheduled to launch in July 2020, has suffered failures in two recent parachute tests.
Nuclear Reactor for Mars Outpost Could Be Ready to Fly by 2022 By Mike Wall A new type of nuclear reactor designed to power crewed outposts on the moon and Mars could be ready for its first in-space trial just a few years from now, project team members said.
Watch the Gantry Europe's New Ariane 6 Rocket Take Its 1st Test Drive (Time-Lapse Video) By Elizabeth Howell A new timelapse video shows the rocket gantry for Europe's newest booster, the Ariane 6, take its first test drive during a simulation of prelaunch rollout activities for future missions.
NASA Calls on Students to Submit Proposals for Moon and Mars Missions By Passant Rabie The 2020 RASC-AL competition is now open for submissions from undergraduate and graduate students.
USRA's Earth from Space Institute Wants to Help Save the World By Meghan Bartels Miguel Román is the sort of person whose family barbecues are interrupted by calls from Army personnel asking where they should bring generators when a hurricane strikes.
This Next-Gen Spacesuit Could Protect Astronauts on the Moon and Mars By Chelsea Gohd ILC Dover and Collins Aerospace unveiled a prototype of the Next Generation Space Suit system, which astronauts may use on the moon and Mars.
Steam-Powered Cubesats Dance in Space as One NASA Spacecraft Commands Its Twin By Elizabeth Howell Using old-fashioned steam power, two cubesats executed the first coordinated maneuver in low-Earth orbit.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Is Beaming Back Extra Data as it Buzzes the Sun By Meghan Bartels NASA's Parker Solar Probe has already completed two daring dives into the sun's atmosphere, and now scientists have realized that they'll be able to gather more data than expected from the mission.
SpaceX's Mars-Colonizing 'Starship' Prototype Coming Together in Texas (Photos) By Mike Wall The first orbital prototype of SpaceX's Mars-colonizing Starship vehicle should be ready to fly soon, company founder and CEO Elon Musk said.
See China's Cool New Rocket Fins in Action! By Elizabeth Howell They may look like waffle-makers, but China's new rocket fins are cooking up something even more special: the ability to guide rockets to a safe zone after launch.
X-37B Military Space Plane's Latest Mystery Mission Hits 700 Days By Mike Wall The U.S. Air Force's X-37B military space plane has now been circling Earth for 700 days, just a few weeks shy of the vehicle's spaceflight-duration record.
'All Systems Are Go!' With Timex 'Snoopy In Space' Watch Collection By Robert Z. Pearlman Snoopy, who 50 years ago flew to the moon, both in Charles Schulz' comic strips and in real life with NASA, has again donned his astronaut spacesuit for a new collection of timepieces.
