As preparations for NASA’s next Artemis mission accelerate, the agency and its mission partners aim to maximize lessons learned from Integrity, the Orion spacecraft that returned the Artemis II crew ...

The market for space tugs could be $52 billion big -- and Jeff Bezos wants a piece of it.

Laser light can lift and steer tiny chips in three dimensions, demonstrating a new form of propulsion for spacecraft.

Spacecraft of the future may be able to detect and repair their own structural damage in orbit, a capability that could make long-duration missions and reusable launch vehicles more resilient.

Researchers at Texas A&M University have demonstrated a laser-driven propulsion system that can lift ...

Scientists show laser light can push graphene in space, opening the door to fuel-free movement and control of future spacecraft.

After all these years, Dream Chaser—a commercial U.S. space plane—is still chasing the dream of spacecraft that can fly from orbit to airports ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA unveiled a new vision for its near-term future Tuesday, including construction of a complete moon base, a major increase in ...

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NASA unveiled a new vision for its near-term future Tuesday, including construction of a complete moon base, a major increase in robotic missions and a nuclear-powered spacecraft to bring a slew of ...