Determining whether or not life exists on another planet is an extraordinarily complicated – and expensive – scientific endeavor.

The next generation of spacesuit needs to do more than simply protect an astronaut from the vacuum of space.

Only about 12kg of oxygen is produced per second on Europa, which is on the lower side of previous estimates from about 5kg to 1,100 kg per second.

The mission provided details about how to deflect an asteroid should one threaten Earth in future.

Can astronauts spend prolonged time in close quarters millions of miles from Earth without killing each other?

Spaceplanes seemed out of favour when the shuttle was retired in 2011; they now seem to be making a comeback.

Projects under NASA’s CLPS program will probe unexplored questions about the universe’s formation.

Among the missions being planned is a huge helicopter drone to explore Saturn’s moon Titan.

The US might be facing international competition to be first to return to the Moon.

Japan is one of several countries that weren’t part of the space race of the 1950s and 1960s looking toward the Moon. They’ve now become the 5th country to have landed on its surface.