The U.S. planetary science community is sounding the alarm about plans to discard a nuclear technology that has powered dozens of NASA missions over the past 50 years But RPS is expensive, costing ...

The Gateway, NASA’s upcoming lunar space station, is one step closer to reality as engineers have successfully powered on its ...

NASA As NASA prepares for long-duration missions to the Moon that will pave the way for human exploration on Mars, the agency ...

The New Horizons spacecraft sends back its sensational snapshots of Jupiter, and its volcanic moon Io, before the mission's close encounter with Pluto (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via ...

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Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued ...

Introduction: NASA's solar system exploration paradigm : the first fifty years and a look at the next fifty / James L. Green and Kristen J. Erickson -- Part I. Overview. Exploring the Solar System : ...

A NASA mission to study the heliosphere—the sun's magnetic bubble that shields our solar system—and develop a better understanding of space weather was launched from the agency's Kennedy Space Center ...

The White House's FY2026 budget proposes a significant 25% reduction in NASA's overall funding, dropping from $25 billion to $18.8 billion. The proposed budget prioritizes human space exploration with ...

In 2025, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) solidified its status as the world’s busiest launch hub, supporting more than 90 ...