As NASA eyes Mars and the moon, scientists warn: the human brain may not bounce back from prolonged time in space.

As early as next month, a domestically developed cube satellite will be launched aboard a U.S. crewed lunar exploration ...

The typical number of people in space at any given time is currently ten: seven on the International Space Station shared by the space agencies of America, Canada, Europe, Japan and Russia, and three ...

When we think of space exploration names like Yuri Gagarin and Neil Armstrong dominate the narrative. But long before humans ...

Space technology on Earth has gone from futuristic to foundational in our everyday lives. From satellite innovations that enable global communication to space science applications improving ...

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More than half a century after humans set foot on the Moon, the final frontier still fuels our imagination. Back then, it was all about doing what had never been done before and doing it first. In ...

In a new book, NASA astrobiologist Caleb Scharf says the fate of life on Earth may hinge on leaving our planet behind The multibillion-year story of life on Earth is defined by a handful of epochal ...

ESA is studying repurposing the Earth Return Orbiter it planned to build for the Mars Sample Return program into a standalone science and communications orbiter. Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC ...