NASA plans a 2028 nuclear-powered Mars mission using SR-1 Freedom and Skyfall helicopters, aiming to transform deep-space travel and future human exploration.

From monitoring Mercury to launching a new adventure to an icy moon of Jupiter, spacecraft and astronauts made great strides in 2024. Here are some of the highlights of this year in space. The moon has been a hot destination for space agencies and private ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The launch of NASA's historic Artemis 2 moon mission slipped another month after ground teams uncovered issues with the massive rocket that will launch the four astronauts on their way.

The Office of Space Commerce has rolled out its proposal for a “light touch” approach to mission authorization for new commercial space applications.

After a years-long series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, ESCAPADE’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you thought 2025 was an exciting year for spaceflight and cosmic discovery, just wait til 2026. The past year was one filled with monumental human missions to orbit, headline-grabbing ...

A Russian cosmonaut was removed from an upcoming mission to the International Space Station after he allegedly took pictures of a SpaceX rocket’s engines and classified documents, according to reports. Oleg Artemyev, a 54-year-old cosmonaut with eight ...

Since its initial launch in 2003, Disney World’s Mission: SPACE has earned quite a controversial reputation. The ride, which is designed to simulate a real-life spacecraft launch, has resulted in two fatalities and countless queasy stomachs during its run.

Just like the Apollo mission, Artemis II will be run from a mission control monitoring every instrument from here on Earth. How has it changed since the days of the space race?