NASA has plans for a giant leap in its method of space travel, beginning with a nuclear-powered mission to Mars that's ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has successfully tested a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic thruster at a record 120 kilowatts, more than 25 times the power of current electric thrusters in use. The ...

A heavily modified Boeing 777 -200ER formerly operated by Japan Air Lines will soon become NASA's largest flying science ...

Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have developed a new thruster that increases power 25 times stronger than ...

The first time the plane is expected to take to the sky is January 2027, when it will be part of a mission called North ...

A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraft throughout the solar system was recently put to ...

On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument.

NASA has tested a lithium-fed thruster that could become a workhorse for future Mars missions, and the key milestone is not ...

NASA’s Dragonfly is a flying spacecraft that will be sent to Saturn’s moon Titan and is designed to travel from place to ...

Most Boeing 777s spend their lives shuttling passengers between global hubs. But one specific ...

NASA will host a news conference at 1:45 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 29, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.