Could NASA's lithium-plasma engine be the key to getting humans to Mars?

NASA is working on a lithium-plasma electric thruster that uses roughly 90% less fuel than chemical rockets. Can this new ...
USA Today

NASA’s SLS Artemis moon rocket is among largest in world. How big is it?

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis 2 mission stands at 322 feet tall. The SLS is NASA's most powerful rocket, generating 8.8 million pounds of thrust. While massive, the ...
Newsweek

NASA Spacecraft Captures Comet Exploding

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A large comet has exploded as a result of thermal pressure while ...
E&E

Musk’s exploding megarocket puts $8B in space investments at risk

Starcloud is a startup that’s racing to build massive data centers in space that supporters say could limit the strain artificial intelligence is placing on terrestrial electric grids. But the fate of ...
Florida Today

NASA’s giant moon rocket ready for Florida Artemis 2 launch. What to know

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will launch the Artemis 2 mission, the first human moon mission in over 50 years. At 322 feet tall, the SLS is taller than the Statue of Liberty and is ...
USA Today

NASA's giant moon rocket is back on the launch pad. See new photos of SLS

The four-person crew has entered quarantine to avoid illness ahead of the historic lunar mission. Artemis 2 is a 10-day journey around the moon, marking the first U.S. human lunar mission in five ...
ABC7

Artemis II astronauts reach orbit on historic mission to the moon and back

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity's first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thrilling leadoff in NASA's push ...
WFTV

NASA plans to begin building moon base by 2028, send rockets to Mars

WASHINGTON — The number of manned launches at Kennedy Space Center should pick up dramatically in the coming years, with bigger rockets. NASA administrators now plan to begin building a moon base ...
Florida Today

NASA Artemis II Florida launch. Best Instagram photos of SLS rocket, crew

2 days before "launch day," a double rainbow appeared over the NASA Artemis II countdown clock at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Florida's Space Coast celebrates NASA Artemis II moon mission ...