Earlier this year, rocket scientists at NASA fired up an electromagnetic thruster powered by lithium metal vapor.

"This marks the first time in the United States that an electric propulsion system has operated at power levels this high, ...

For years, nuclear propulsion sat in the same category as so many ambitious space ideas, impressive on paper, always a few ...

The results showed that robots equipped with compact instruments can greatly improve efficiency. This method speeds up both ...

The investigation into the Mars helicopter Ingenuity accident has found that the "lack of surface texture gave the navigation system too little information to work with,” likely causing the rotors ...

AeroVironment received a $14.6 million contract to produce an electric, vertical takeoff and landing helicopter system for the U.S. Army. Under the contract, AeroVironment will produce its Vapor ...

Mars may have once had an ocean so vast that it covered one-third of the planet before evaporating billions of years ago and leaving behind a telltale sign: a flat band of land, outlining the former ...

The Artemis II capsule and its four-member crew streaked through Earth's atmosphere and safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday after nearly 10 days in space, capping the first voyage by ...

Artemis II is nearing its end, but NASA's moon missions are only just beginning. Here's what next, including that highly-anticipated lunar landing.

Artemis II astronauts are returning to Earth after a historic moon mission launching from Florida. What's next for NASA's lunar and Mars plans?

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Could oysters get humanity to Mars? It sounds like the setup to a Douglas Adams one-liner. But to make long-duration spaceflight possible, astronauts need food, particularly ...