Inside a giant sphere, the engineers pored over their equipment. Before them stood a silvery metal contraption swathed in colourful wires – a box that they hope will one day make oxygen on the moon.

"I was hoping that the kids saw someone who potentially looks like them that's a goofy, normal human being that got to do some extraordinary things." ...

Jan. 23, marks a day of remembrance for NASA and the Astronauts Memorial Foundation. The solemn ceremony pays tribute to the lives lost in three of the most tragic moments in NASA's history.

Also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, the Lunar New Year is a holiday meant to celebrate the beginning of the new year in accordance with the Chinese lunisolar calendar. The holiday is ...

Astronauts and rock climbers have something in common. Both have a rule they follow when they want to make a change. Whether spacewalking or rock climbing, they make sure they have two solid options ...

This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Jan 20, 2025, shows Shenzhou XIX astronaut Song Lingdong performing extravehicular activities outside China's orbiting space station. ...

The Apollo I and space shuttle Challenger and Columbia astronauts were remembered during an annual ceremony at Kennedy Space Center.

Brian May wrote the Queen hit '39' about the concept of dilated time, which also formed the basis of Christopher Nolan's hit space epic 'Interstellar'.

Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will ...

Trine University faculty members from the Allen School of Engineering and Computing have once again been awarded grants through the Indiana Space Grant Consortium, enabling cutting-edge research and ...

An annual memorial was held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Every fourth Thursday in January, NASA remembers fallen astronauts.

A high school student on the South Side is heading to Northwestern University on a full ride scholarship. Teniola Ajagbe is an aspiring astronaut and she credits the unique UChicago Space Explorers ...