NASA's Space Launch System rocket was back on the move overnight ahead of its second mission to the moon, which will be the ...

For thousands of years, humanity has looked up at the night sky with a profound sense of wonder. We have mapped the constellations, charted the movements of the planets, and […] ...

On Episode 201 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Jay Gallentine to talk about former Jet ...

The star astrophysicist sat down with Newsweek to discuss Mars missions and what truly drives human discovery.

NASA is moving into a new phase of space exploration, with major progress across human spaceflight, science missions, and advanced technology. In just one year, the agency has launched multiple crewed ...

Speakers for the 2026 Advancing Space Exploration include: George Pollock- The principal director of the Architecture and Design Subdivision in the Systems Engineering Division at The Aerospace ...

If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be impossible to leave them behind, since they live on and in our bodies, surfaces and ...

There’s a very common question asked of people working in space exploration: Why explore space when we have so many problems on Earth? From Wi-Fi to satellite images of real estate, to matters of ...

The catastrophic loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986, stands as a haunting reminder of the immense risks and complexities involved in humanity's exploration of space. This event, ...

As part of its 2026-2027 departmental plan, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has cancelled its ambitious lunar rover that would have landed at the moon's south polar region.

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. We live in an extraordinary period of exploration. Over the last few decades, humanity ...