For decades, one of the biggest challenges of sending humans to Mars hasn’t just been getting there, it’s getting back.

For all the drama around getting to Mars, the harder question starts after landing. A person can step onto the planet with food, water and shelter plans in place, but none of that matters for long ...

Mars is cold, has a very strong radiation environment, no magnetic field, a very low-pressure atmosphere and it’s all carbon dioxide, so you can’t breathe there. And there are no nutrients to grow ...

NASA is working on a lithium-plasma electric thruster that uses roughly 90% less fuel than chemical rockets. Can this new ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That's the future that NASA's ESCAPADE, or Escape and ...

CHESAPEAKE — In his day-to-day, Ross Brockwell works as the operations manager of Chesapeake’s public works department, where ...

What is not controversial is that NASA needs a new spacecraft capable of relaying communications from Mars to Earth. NASA’s ...