The number of applicants was the second-highest. More than 12,000 people applied to be a member of NASA's next class of astronauts, which has plans to send the first woman to the Moon by 2024 and ...

NASA's live programming, including rocket launches, spacewalks and views of Earth from space, will begin streaming on Netflix this summer. NASA said the move is part of its effort to reach a global ...

A NASA-funded plan to build a large radio telescope on the moon's far side is nearing final approval and could become a reality by the 2030s, researchers say. The ambitious project will help safeguard ...

Illustration of Starlab, a commercial space station under development by a joint venture led by Voyager Space. Credit: Voyager Space WASHINGTON — NASA is changing course in its plans to support ...

Lockheed Martin's concept for a fission surface power (FSP) system on the surface of the moon. Credit: Lockheed Martin WASHINGTON — NASA is moving ahead with plans to support development of a lunar ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For NASA, this weekend is special. Sunday marks the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon ...

NASA has been studying lunar nuclear fission, but now is working to making it happen. Credit: NASA NASA plans to launch and land a 100-kW nuclear fission reactor on the Moon by 2030. That is according ...

The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy that was sent to NASA officials in July and obtained by NPR. It’s an ambitious target ...

For NASA, this weekend is special. Sunday marks the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing — humanity's first steps on another world — July 20, 1969. As the only space agency on Earth able to ...

The Trump administration is accelerating plans to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a base for humans. The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by acting NASA ...