More than $10 billion in funds are included in Trump’s tax and spending bill for NASA programs previously targeted by the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s new Orion spacecraft streaked toward orbit Friday on a high-stakes test flight meant to usher in a new era of human exploration leading ultimately to Mars. The u… ...

Sen. Ted Cruz's newly unveiled legislative directives for Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill would dedicate almost $10 billion to help win the "new space race" with China.

NASA envisions a human presence on Mars in 20 years. But how will we get there? The Orion spacecraft, an unmanned capsule, will launch on its maiden voyage as an important test for future missions.

NASA is preparing for the maiden launch this week of its new Orion spacecraft, which could help jump-start America's return to human exploration of space, including a journey to Mars.

— -- The Orion space capsule that could one day take astronauts to Mars will be put through the ultimate stress test when it launches for an unmanned test mission on Thursday. NASA will be ...

NASA entered a new era of space exploration on Friday when its Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after going farther from the planet than any spacecraft built for humans in more ...

By passing President Trump’s budget reconciliation bill on Tuesday, lawmakers poured new funding into legacy infrastructure ...

Orion 'Mars ship': The most ambitious ... The Mars mission itself is not scheduled until 2030, at the earliest. In the meantime, space travel has mostly been a mixture of the mundane and the tragic.

Overall, Mars offers better prospects for ISL due to its water and sulfur resources, though adaptations would still be needed to address permeability, pressure, and temperature challenges. Mars. Mars ...

NASA’s Orion capsule has broken the distance record set by Apollo 13 for a mission with a spacecraft designed to carry humans to deep space and back to Earth.