Moon to Mars

A new experiment to study life’s potential on Mars has been successfully delivered to the International Space Station.

Humanity has plans to expand into space: to the Moon, to Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs), and to the moons of Mars. Like any trip to anywhere, we need to know certain things before we go.

Humanity has plans to expand into space: to the Moon, to Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs), and to the moons of Mars. Like any trip to anywhere, we need to know certain things before we go.

NASA is on the hunt for an asteroid to capture with a robotic spacecraft, redirect to a stable orbit around the moon, and send astronauts to study in the 2020s -- all on the agency's human Path to Mars.

Extrasolar planets help astrobiologists solve a 55-year-old mystery about the formation of the Moon.

Scientists have shown that broadband connectivity with speeds similar to those on Earth could be provided on other locations in the Solar System.

Three recent scientific papers examined the risks of interplanetary exchange of organisms using research from the International Space Station.

NASA has confirmed that the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft has finished its mission on April 17, 2014, with a planned impact on the surface of the Moon.

New findings show the heart becomes more spherical when exposed to long periods of microgravity in space, with implications for an eventual manned mission to Mars.

A new study shows that basalts from the Moon’s mantle contain hydrogen from water indigenous to Earth.