NASA has plans for a giant leap in its method of space travel, beginning with a nuclear-powered mission to Mars that's ...

What do we gain from space travel? The answer isn’t just out there. It’s all around us. Many of the tools and technologies we take for granted every day can be directly traced to humanity's quest to ...

A team of Texas A&M engineering students are working on a technology called optical propulsion, which could cut travel time ...

After nearly two years on pause, Virgin Galactic is selling tickets again. The catch is the price. A seat now costs $750,000. That number is not a typo. It is also a sharp increase from the company's ...

The Artemis II mission, which took humans on a flyby of Earth’s moon, has opened a new front in the cultural debate over space travel. NASA’s ambitious effort to return humans to the moon is sparking ...

Laser light can lift and steer tiny chips in three dimensions, demonstrating a new form of propulsion for spacecraft.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space travel is far from one-size-fits-all: Missions to different destinations—whether low Earth orbit, the Moon, or Mars—present unique challenges, especially when it comes to ...