SpaceX's recent IPO highlights the evolving space economy, with its valuation fluctuating between $1.9 and $2.3 trillion. The company's reach extends beyond rockets to AI and consumer networks, ...

Interplanetary travel to Mars aboard nuclear-powered spaceships may sound like science fiction – yet NASA is planning to make it a reality. The Space Reactor-1 Freedom mission is scheduled for launch ...

Read a blog by spacecraft engineer Henry Spencer arguing that rockets, not air-breathing planes, will be the spaceships of the future Getting to space has never been simple. A standing army of ...

NASA has announced a new spacecraft technology demonstration mission that will test advanced operational concepts around the ...

Researchers are developing new space agriculture technologies that could help astronauts grow food during future missions to ...

Lunar watchers have been crying over spilt milk for decades. But now the mystery of milky splotches on the moon’s surface might finally be solved: sections of soil are being protected by weak but ...

A new research collaboration that fuses fashion and science is set to send bacteria into space—and the outcomes could create radiation-sensitive fabrics capable of preventing skin cancer on Earth and ...

Since 1989, SpaceNews has been committed to delivering trusted, independent journalism that keeps the global space industry informed, connected and ahead of the curve. And just as the space business ...

Next-generation rockets are changing space exploration by making launch vehicles more reusable, powerful, and capable of supporting deep space missions. Modern rocket technology is no longer focused ...

There really is no terrestrial parallel to space exploration. While American pioneers pushed westward with minimal government oversight, the space age began with government funds and directives. Today ...

From Pacific Standard: "Way into the future (the National Research Council says) it's 'feasible' that entire 'fully functional small spacecraft' could be fabricated ...

Beyond Artemis II, human spaceflight missions will need longer expiration dates and grow-it-yourself options. Luckily, labs around the world are working on these menus—and invited National Geographic ...