NASA has launched the Mars to Table Challenge, seeking Earth-independent food systems capable of sustaining astronauts on ...

For decades, humanity has sent robotic explorers far beyond Earth’s comfort zone—into places where sunlight is weak, nights are brutally cold, and dust storms can last for months. The secret that ...

Mars to Table'. Interested competitors from around the world are asked to develop a 'complete meal plan for a crew on Mars' and prepare a system for production of the food on the Red Planet.

As spaceflight enters a new era, NASA is shifting its focus from low Earth orbit to far more ambitious goals. This video explores the cutting edge technologies and missions that could enable asteroid ...

MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.

Early prototypes of the SpaceX Starship super-capsule that Italy is chartering to speed its spaceflight and biotech experiments to Mars (Marie D. De Jesús/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) With its ...

A problem with the Mars Antenna, a giant NASA radio dish in California, has disrupted the Deep Space Network's spacecraft communication efforts, as well as asteroid studies, since Sept. 16, 2025.

Highlighting its intent to send humans to Mars, NASA has announced that it will soon be embarking on a year-long simulation of a Mars mission using four research volunteers. Ross Elder, an ...

The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too cold.

A Mars spacecraft has now been AWOL for more than a month. But NASA hasn't given up hope of restoring contact with the MAVEN ...