Mars has always felt like a distant neighbor, reachable only after a long, risky cruise through deep space. Now engineers inside NASA are sketching a very different future, one where a nuclear powered ...

Elon Musk wants to turn one of the planet’s biggest problems into literal rocket fuel. His pitch is deceptively simple: ...

Mars Sample Return would have turbo-charged Rocket Lab's revenue and added a feather to its cap.

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Former NASA astronaut José Hernández joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss Blue Origin’s latest rocket launch to Mars, how close humanity is to manned Mars missions and the importance of pursuing ...

Elon Musk's dream of colonizing Mars is taking a backseat as SpaceX shifts its focus to building a self-sustaining city on the moon within a decade.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Blue Origin launched its huge New Glenn rocket Thursday with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars. It was only the second flight of the rocket that Jeff Bezos’ ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Blue Origin launched its huge New Glenn rocket Thursday with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars. It was only the second flight of the rocket that Jeff Bezos' company ...