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According to a recent statement by members of NASA's Human Research Program, the threat of radiation will not stop the proposed "Journey to Mars" and other deep-space missions. The post NASA Undeterred by the Threat of S...

Europe's upcoming Ariane 6 rocket, though designed to be expendable, could one day sport a reusable engine, according to Patrick Bonguet, head of the Ariane 6 program at ArianeGroup.

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk disclosed additional technical details about his proposed BFR launch system Oct. 14, although he offered no additional information about the costs and financing of the vehicle. SpaceNews....

A simple thought experiment that will shock the socks off you --

ASRC of Beltsville, Md., has test fired a subscale propellant injector built via 3D printing, paving the way for a version that could support whichever engine United Launch Alliance chooses to replace the Russian-built R...

The NROL-52 satellite soared into orbit this morning (Oct. 14) atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket, which lifted off at 3:31 a.m. EDT (0731 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

It is becoming as important to ask what laws will govern humans on Mars as it is to ask whether we could survive on the planet’s surface --

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Elon Musk's extraordinary vision of an era when re-flown rockets are offered as a 'routine service' rather than the exception is a 'major sea change getting closer' to fruition with each passin...

Susan Schneider of the University of Connectict and the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton is one of the few thinkers--outside the realm of science fiction-- that have considered the notion that artificial intel...