Harnessing this energy could make voyages to the outer reaches of the Solar System — or even to neighboring stars — feasible ...

Limitless Space Institute compares the travel time of spacecraft propelled by nuclear power to that of imaginative fusion ...

Launched on Aug. 12, 2018, the probe is the fastest human-made object in existence. It used flybys of Venus to adjust its ...

The excitement surrounding antimatter propulsion stems from its energy density. When matter and antimatter come into contact, ...

The Voyager 1 spacecraft is functioning normally again after the aging probe’s dwindling power supply triggered a communications blackout. It’s one of several challenges faced by the spacecraft this ...

K2 Space is betting that the future of space hardware will be big — really big.  The startup is building massive spacecraft ...

A launch window has not yet been announced. Liftoff was delayed from Wednesday due to a technical issue with the spacecraft's propulsion systems. The Proba-3 satellites will take about four ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft zipped just 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) above the volcanic world Io in 2024. The extraterrestrial ...

JPL's Mojave Desert-based facility upgrade will enhance NASA's deep space communications capabilities for decades.

The Stennis Space Center, NASA’s primary rocket propulsion test site, reached several milestones in 2024 in the areas ...

A NASA-funded commercial space station, Starlab, recently completed four key developmental milestones, marking substantial ...