NASA is preparing to launch a pair of climate research missions within weeks of each other. The two spacecraft share the name ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have switched on NASA's newly upgraded Cold Atom Lab, a one-of-a-kind facility designed to improve how scientists explore the fundamental workings of ...

Rocket Lab wants NASA to open up the Mars Sample Return program to commercial competition, arguing it can carry out the mission faster and cheaper than the agency's alternatives. Credit: Rocket Lab ...

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Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:RKLB) is one of the fastest-growing space stocks to buy now. On May 22, Rocket Lab completed its ...

Rocket Lab's MSR study involves two Neutron launches of a sample retrieval lander and Earth return orbiter. Credit: Rocket Lab WASHINGTON — NASA has awarded a contract to Rocket Lab to study ...

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Nearly a decade ago, a dark horse space mining operation by the name of Moon Express floated an outrageous idea: Build a spaceship, send it to the moon, collect moon rocks, ship them back to Earth ...

NASA is in desperate need of an alternative plan for its Mars Sample Return, and is hoping the private industry can salvage its ambitious mission. Reading time 3 minutes For more than three years, ...

Caltech is buckling down to prepare for an arduous bidding process to win the contract to manage NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena — a relationship it thought would always be a lock for the ...

A new type of gamma-ray sensor developed by NASA, called AstroPix, will take part in a robotic arm demonstration on the ...