Moon to Mars

NASA has announced a call for Lunar Surface Instrument and Technology Payloads that will fly to the Moon on commercial lunar landers as early as next year or 2020.

The National Space Exploration Campaign calls for human and robotic exploration missions to expand the frontiers of human experience and scientific discovery of the natural phenomena of Earth, other worlds and the cosmos.

Although it is arguable as to whether plants have all five human senses – sight, scent, hearing, taste and touch – they do have a unique sense of gravity, which is being tested in space.

NASA's goal of sending human explorers to Mars got a boost today with the first test flight of the new Orion spacecraft.

NASA's goal of sending human explorers to Mars got a boost today with the first test flight of the new Orion spacecraft.

NASA's new spacecraft is on the launch pad and ready for takeoff.

In the not-too-distant future, astronauts destined to be the first people to walk on Mars will leave Earth aboard an Orion spacecraft.

Berkeley Lab Scientists Believe Biomanufacturing a Key to Long-term Manned Space Missions.

Safely sending human explorers to and from Mars will be the challenge of a generation. Harvesting natural resources beyond Earth will be key to pioneering the Red Planet.

Lichens have survived the first long-term exposure of eukaryotic organisms to space conditions.