The Orion spacecraft being prepared for the Artemis 2 mission. Exploration programs would get a sharp funding increase in a House spending bill for fiscal year 2026. Credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak The recent ...

What if the very nature of human thought—our creativity, intuition, and ability to connect ideas—was both our greatest strength and our most glaring limitation? In an era where artificial intelligence ...

What steps can be taken to safeguard future human missions to Mars? This is what a recent study presented at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting 2025 hopes to address as a ...

Since Viking 1 landed in 1976, humans have studied Mars from afar, relying on rovers and orbiters to analyze the planet. But with NASA planning a human mission as early as the 2030s, that will soon ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Teams from 35 colleges across the nation took to the Marshall Space Flight Center on Friday to kick off the annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge. The mission challenges ...

Over recent decades, human exploration of planetary bodies has evolved into a complex, multidisciplinary endeavour that combines human ingenuity with advanced technology. Pioneering missions have ...

A new emphasis on Mars exploration was clear from the very beginning of the second Trump administration. “We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the ...

NASA’s Artemis mission is gearing up for an exciting next chapter, and a key part of that involves the development of cutting-edge lunar rovers. These new rovers will play a pivotal role in ensuring ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking ...