Thinking about food systems in deep space likely brings to mind something like The Martian where an astronaut is scratching ...

NASA officials explain how the International Space Station supports Artemis and future Mars missions through life support testing, human research, partnerships and commercial development in low Earth ...

NASA should focus on the body and mind, not just engineering, for cosmic travel. Scott Solomon is a biologist and professor at Rice University and the author of “Becoming Martian: How Living in Space ...

DUBAI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Space Agency on Tuesday announced the extension of the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) until 2028, according to local daily Al Etihad.

In a scientific first, NASA has assembled a full-spectrum view of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS—a relic from beyond our solar system—by orchestrating a rare multi-mission campaign that spans from Mars ...

A problem with the Mars Antenna, a giant NASA radio dish in California, has disrupted the Deep Space Network's spacecraft communication efforts, as well as asteroid studies, since Sept. 16, 2025.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Coloe Fossae on Mars, a region marked by deep valleys and craters that reveals evidence of an ...

The Artemis II crew will rely on the Deep Space Network for communication and navigation during their mission, which could launch as early as February. Credit: NASA / Mark Sowa On the 18th day of the ...

Deep space probes and frontline soldiers share a basic problem: once they leave the grid, every watt has to be carried in. That constraint has shaped mission design for decades, from bulky ...

When the orbit of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft took it behind the Red Planet on December 6th, ground controllers expected a temporary loss of signal (LoS).

The biomedicine outfit BioAstra aims to send its researcher on a flight around the Moon, aboard the leading-edge Orion spacecraft, to chart genetic changes triggered by cosmic rays and to develop anti ...