As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

The world’s most advanced deep-space capsule, the Orion, is set to speed astronauts around the Moon, a trek that could ...

In 20 years, you could be holidaying on Mars. That’s according to Elon Musk, who thinks one million Earthlings, some born ...

There are huge gaps in our knowledge of how to survive space. A lab in north east England is trying to change that.

Not even the strongest microbes can survive volcanic eruptions, but they are capable of returning surprisingly quickly, ...

Thunderbird is a single-module space station that is designed to expand to a volume of 12,360 cubic feet (350 cubic meters) ...

Human missions to Mars are edging closer to reality, but the physics of deep space is not cooperating. Outside Earth’s magnetic cocoon, astronauts would be bombarded by high‑energy particles that can ...

President Trump signed an executive order to return to the Moon by 2028 and prepare for Mars, a move seen as a direct ...

A new single-string method lets flat designs deploy into complex 3D structures, with potential uses in modular space habitats ...

DNA from Icelandic lava flows reveals how microbes move into a brand-new habitat, offering insights into early life on Earth ...

On Dec. 20, commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen emerged ...