The compactor — which Sierra Space has been working on since 2019 — does not appear to be directly inspired by the 2008 Pixar and Disney's 2008 film "Wall-E," which depicts a friendly space robot who ...

There is quite a lot of upside if the company can execute on its vision, though. At a market capitalization of $4.94 billion, ...

[Photo/zju.edu.cn] HANGZHOU -- China is working on serving a more diverse range of food options for future deep-space exploration missions, according to the Second Frontier Forum of Space Medicine ...

From lunar water hunts to Mars sample returns, China's space program is embarking on groundbreaking missions across the solar ...

How does SpaceX intend to catch a rocket mid-air? The answer is in Canada’s potent “chopstick” arms technology plan. SpaceX intends to use this system to catch ...

If we’re going to live on Mars we’ll need a way to grow food in its arid dirt. Researchers think they know a way.

Despite our growing expertise in sending astronauts to the International Space Station — an impressive 400 kilometers above Earth — we, oddly, know little about one of our own planet’s most ...

Rice’s faculty are ready to offer their expertise in solar physics, space weather, astronaut training, Mars exploration and ...

NASA announced Wednesday a new strategy review team will assess potential architecture adjustments for the agency’s Mars ...

The five planned missions will focus on various aspects of Mars exploration, including cargo delivery, landing technologies, and the establishment of a sustainable presence. SpaceX has already made ...

A collection-based survey of lichen species at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, USA and Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station in Nunavut, Canada was conducted as part of the Mars-160 mission ...

NASA's Europa Clipper, the largest spacecraft ever built for an interplanetary mission, has launched from Kennedy Space ...