NASA’s Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, has given the go-ahead to begin fueling the Mars 2020 (https://mars.nasa.gov/mars202 0) rover’s Multi-Mission ...

The first human Mars explorers won’t have it easy. Every additional day in deep space will increase their exposure to deadly ...

You're in the lab analyzing Martian regolith samples within your cozy Mars habitat serving on the fifth human mission to Mars. The power within the habitat has been flowing flawlessly thanks to the ...

The space agency is investing in the development of a propulsion system that uses nuclear power to create plasma bursts. Reading time 2 minutes The future of space travel depends on our ability to ...

NASA’s announcement Tuesday that it will “pause” work on a lunar space station and focus on building a surface base on the Moon was no big surprise to anyone paying attention to the Trump ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has successfully tested a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic thruster at 120 kilowatts, over 25 times more powerful than current spaceflight electric thrusters. The ...

Mankind will soon begin a long-term human presence on the Moon, which will initially involve housing more than 100 astronauts indefinitely. Artemis I was the first in a series of increasingly complex ...

The impending arrival of humans on the Moon and their planned stay there for many years to come pose some very serious challenges for mission planners. These challenges range from transportation to ...

NASA has successfully tested a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic thruster at a record 120 kilowatts, marking a major step forward in high-power electric propulsion. Conducted at the Jet Propulsion ...

A prototype ion engine that uses lithium vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achieving 25 times more power than previous ion engines.