NASA announced ambitious long-range plans Tuesday to spend $20 billion over the next seven years to build a moon base near the lunar south pole featuring habitats, pressurized rovers and nuclear power ...

The mission, called Space Reactor 1 Freedom, will test advanced nuclear electric propulsion. Upon reaching Mars, the spacecraft would deploy helicopters to explore the planet from the air. This ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced on Tuesday that his agency is rapidly progressing toward building a $20 billion base on the moon, instead of a space station that would orbit the lunar body ...

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis 2 mission stands at 322 feet tall. The SLS is NASA's most powerful rocket, generating 8.8 million pounds of thrust. While massive, the SLS is ...

NASA’s new chief is reshaping the space agency’s goals, unveiling at an event in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday an ambitious vision that includes revamped plans for a moon base. While the space agency ...

A concept presented by NASA March 24 calls for the agency to procure a module attached to the ISS that could serve as the core of a commercial station. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — NASA, concerned about ...

NASA is hitting the accelerator on space missions and moon trips in the hopes of achieving some big firsts — a permanent moon base and an interplanetary spacecraft harnessing nuclear propulsion. Over ...

On Wednesday, four astronauts are scheduled to launch on a trip around the moon — the first such mission in more than 50 years. Images show NASA's long road to this point. For the first time in more ...

WASHINGTON, DC—NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Tuesday laid out a sweeping vision for the space agency’s next decade during an event called “Ignition” in which he and other senior leaders set out ...

NASA announced plans March 24 to develop Space Reactor 1 (SR-1) Freedom, a mission to Mars demonstrating nuclear electric propulsion. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — NASA’s new exploration strategy includes ...

NASA commits $20 billion over seven years to build a permanent lunar base, aiming to land astronauts on the moon by 2028 — the first crewed landing in over 50 years. The space agency is pausing its ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—NASA aims to establish a moon base within the next decade, space agency chief Jared Isaacman announced on Tuesday, unveiling a $30-billion plan to establish a permanent human presence ...