A byproduct of aging nuclear weapons stockpiles could help power spacecraft on missions lasting decades. Americium-241, an ...

As Florida’s space industry accelerates at an unprecedented pace, the University of South Florida is stepping into a larger ...

EaglePicher Technologies, which has been a part of space exploration since its earliest days, is going back soon as part of the Artemis moon missions. “It’s exciting because we were there when NASA ...

Natasha Wiest, Boeing's SLS core stage program manager, delivered a NASA Artemis II-themed speech to a space-industry ...

The company said it uses 2 kilograms of Americium-241 fuel to generate 50 watts of power for a lunar rover, compared with ...

More than 50 years after Apollo 17, NASA’s Artemis II will send four astronauts on a 10-day loop around the Moon to test the agency’s deep-space hardware.

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. University-Led Payloads to Land on Asteroid Apophis as Part of the World's First Commercial Deep-Space Rideshare ...

The Artemis 2 astronauts will venture deeper into space than any human has gone before. That presents some seriously exciting research opportunities.

The recent image of the Falcon 9 rocket’s plume, captured during NASA’s Crew-12 mission launch, has taken the world by storm. The stunning nebula-like pattern, a byproduct of the rocket’s intense ...

With highly efficient radioisotope batteries, Deep Space Energy aims to multiply the lifespan of lunar rovers and strengthen ...

The global Space Robotics Market is experiencing sustained momentum driven by rising investments in autonomous mission systems, rapid advancements in AI-enabled robotics, and expanding commercial ...

NASA should focus on the body and mind, not just engineering, for cosmic travel. Scott Solomon is a biologist and professor at Rice University and the author of “Becoming Martian: How Living in Space ...