NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which flew on Mars in April 2021, became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth.

In July 1969, the United States achieved a monumental feat in human history when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the ...

NASA has plans to return humans to the moon with the Artemis mission—but Elon Musk’s preference for Mars could have influence in the Trump administration.

In April, four astronauts will venture around the moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA's path to establishing ...

SpaceX launched its first flight of 2025, sending a Falcon 9 rocket into space with a Thuraya 4 satellite from Cape Canaveral ...

Outer space is infinite, but that hasn’t stopped humans trying to impose their laws on it. There are more ways for people to ...

Space exploration continues to push the boundaries of human knowledge, and 2024 has been a remarkable year for advancements ...

UVA Engineering assistant professor Chen Cui is finding the hidden patterns in electric propulsion plasma beams that could ...

The year 2025 promises to be packed with space exploration, including robotic expeditions to the moon, a new observatory and ...

Years in the making, the commercial rocket is on the verge of its maiden flight.

The moon holds incredible promise as a stepping stone for human exploration and a potential source of resources to sustain ...

Some leading scientists who spoke to the BBC believe the role of humans in space exploration will diminish over time. The ...