Researchers are developing smart, robot-built sandbag shelters for NASA astronauts on the moon inspired by termite mounds.

Researchers have taken steps toward finding solvents that could be used to extract building materials from rock dust on the moon and Mars.

Astronauts spend years training for missions. How do commercial travelers get ready?

A new survey catalogs Americans’ expectations about the future of space, from NASA to SpaceX. Two space policy experts describe how these results stack up against the current state of space affairs.

Albert Einstein might have the answer.

Bone density loss is a problem for astronauts on long space flights. A new kind of lettuce astronauts could grow in space might solve the problem.

One day more of us may be able to travel further into space, and for longer.

A new way to make rocket fuel on Mars to launch astronauts back to Earth uses three simple ingredients: carbon dioxide, sunlight, and frozen water.

The vastly differing environment would need a whole new approach to disposing of dead bodies.

With commercial spaceflight companies now taking older people to space, it’s timely to consider the potential physical impact space flight might have on them.