On Saturday, NASA is launching its latest Mars explorer — a robot that will sit on the surface of the Red Planet and measure the world as it wobbles. Called InSight, it will be helping scientists to peer underneath the crust, to learn more about Mars’
After a successfull simulated launch countdown on January 24, only a few tests remain for NASA’s big Moon rocket.
The first test launch of the world’s most powerful rocket ended dramatically as it broke apart in the sky. But there’s still a lot riding on it—including NASA’s ambition to return to the moon.
NASA takes advantage of Earth's natural rotation by launching toward the east from Cape Canaveral. The speed at which the Earth rotates at Cape Canaveral is
Launching rockets into space with atomic bombs is a crazy idea that was thankfully discarded many decades ago. But as Richard Corfield discovers, the potential of using the energy from nuclear-powered engines to drive space travel is back on NASA’s agenda Going nuclear America’s DRACO rocket...
Developing a reusable rocket is not an easy task. Here's why NASA did not produce any reusable rockets in the past.
Rocket Lab’s space engineering chops and its fast development pace will be on full display when it demonstrates its upcoming Neutron rocket. This 140 foot-tall, carbon black beast is called a “medium lift” vehicle—not quite in the same class as SpaceX’s upcoming giant Starship roc...
NASA puzzled why parachutes failed in rocket testMARCIA DUNN
In the 1960s, humans set out to discover what the red planet has to teach us. Now, NASA is hoping to land the first humans on Mars by the 2030s.
Dr. Elizabeth MacDonald is a space physicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and one of the founders of the citizen science site Aurorasaurus. Why are northern lights that appear at low latitudes red? Two reasons: One, the red occurs at higher altitudes and can thus be seen further awa...