One of the obstacles to long space missions is the muscle loss that astronauts suffer from. It's called atrophy, and…
NASA is testing out a new inflatable heat shield which could enable them to send heavier missions to Mars, as…
This year, the NASA's NIAC Program is looking at some really interesting ideas - such as a water-powered, laser-shooting, asteroid-mining…
When InSight landed on Mars on Nov. 26th, 2018, it deployed a parachute to slow its descent through the thin…
If NASA sends a Starshade into space, it will need to perform some very accurate formation flying with the space…
Opportunity's final message home is not much to look at on its own. If you're old enough to remember film…
NASA's next mission to the surface of Mars is called the 2020 rover (in case you didn't know already.) It's…
NASA's Mars InSight Lander was always a bit of a tricky endeavour. The stationary lander has one chance to get…
We've learned a lot about Mars in recent years. Multiple orbiters and hugely-successful rover missions have delivered a cascade of…
Using data from the first 22 months of the NICER instruments mission, NASA has constructed a beautiful image of what…