The U.S. space agency will aim to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars—a first—in a bid to show that nuclear propulsion can be used to send missions into deep space

NASA plans to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars by 2028, a major step for deep space exploration and its planned moon base.

The Artemis II mission is America’s opening bid for deep space exploration — an ambition that is well worth its hefty price tag. Some taxpayers watching Artemis II might think, “Been there, done that.

The agency’s leader said new plans and timelines for the coming decade aim to create a permanent foothold by humans on another world and inspire Americans.

Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company faces a pivotal moment Sunday as its towering New Glenn rocket prepares to launch twin NASA spacecraft toward Mars in only the second flight for the massive vehicle. The mission carries significance beyond simply delivering ...

Mars once looked far more like Earth, with a thicker atmosphere and liquid water pooling on its surface, yet today it is a frozen desert where even a thin wisp of air struggles to hold on. NASA’s latest mission aims to catch the planet in the act of ...

Former 12th NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. joins FOX Weather following the successful and historic launch of Artemis II. And the mission is much more than a trip to the Moon, as Bolden

HOUSTON—Intuitive Machines (IM) is working to repurpose the solar electric power and propulsion element (PPE) spacecraft bus of NASA’s paused lunar-orbiting Gateway space station for the agency’s Mars mission.