NASA has successfully tested innovative shape memory alloy spring tires for Mars rovers, enhancing durability on rugged terrain. Shape memory alloys are metals that return to their original shape ...

The Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum will honor the legacy of the Space Shuttle Columbia with two days of special events ...

Beyond making missions safer, this tech also improves the experience for engineers back on Earth, helping them understand the ...

The ride today bears little resemblance to actual spaceflight. But in the 50 years Space Mountain has been running, there ...

Apollo 14 backup crew member Joe Engle during a vacuum chamber test in the SESL. Apollo 14 backup Commander Eugene Cernan ...

Dan Govier, whose admiration of the Milky Way and the intergalactic treasures that loom beyond the lens of a telescope, has ...

Following the historic year of 1969 that saw two successful Moon landings, 1970 opened on a more sober note. Ever-tightening ...

A go-ahead is given, followed by successful berthing of the cargo-carrying spaceplane to a port on the orbiting outpost via the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS). Mission accomplished. A ...

If you're remembering back to NASA's legacy Space Shuttle, which launched from 1981 to 2011, that was a smaller rocket. It's dwarfed by these newcomers. According to NASA, it stood at only 184 ...

Last year was a big one for the space sector, marked by SpaceX’s building momentum, Boeing Co.’s Starliner struggles, and a slew of activity from a host of names. So what can we expect in 2025?

The object turned out to be space debris — junk left over from six decades of space exploration and a growing number of commercial launches, the Kenya Space Agency said Wednesday. It identified ...

New space missions will aim to measure Earth's biomass from space, return stranded astronauts to Earth and prepare for landing humans on the moon. DW explains what's in store for 2025. Suni ...