space exploration

NASA’s proposed asteroid-snaring mission would ride on Glenn ion engines

Their gentle, continuous push produces astounding speeds, using only tiny sips of xenon fuel. Inside

Rocket powered by nuclear fusion could send humans to Mars

Human travel to Mars has long been the unachievable dangling carrot for space programs. Now,

Soyuz breaks speed record to ISS

A manned Soyuz spacecraft set a record for traveling to the International Space Station (ISS),

How To Fly To Mars And Beyond In Weeks Instead Of Months

Humans may step on the interstellar gas pedal some day and “Boom!” goes the engine.

Housing on The Moon Could be Printed from Lunar Dust

As the race to build a 3D printed house heats up on earth, so does

DFKI’s Space Rovers and Hexapods Will Team Up on Other Planets

Why send just one robot into space when you could send two robots into space instead? We did it

The Long Shot

Two rival scientific teams are locked in a high-stakes race to discover other Earth-like worlds—and