A modern-day explorer who made his discoveries by rocket ship is saluting some of his pioneering predecessors, the first English colonists, who traveled by wooden ships almost 400 years ago. Retired ...

After 18 months of intense training, NASA’s latest astronaut candidates now are officially astronauts. The class of 11, including three educator astronauts selected from teachers across the nation, ...

NASA will honor the members of its family who lost their lives in the pursuit of exploration during its annual Day of Remembrance on Thursday, January 23. This event is traditionally held on the ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

To reach Mars, future astronauts will need to maintain uncommon levels of cheer in situations both terrifying and boring. They will be dealing with unknowns the likes of which humanity hasn’t seen ...

A proposal for a new, miniature planetary explorer is making its way through the research gauntlet that is NASA, and it's a whole lot bigger than it looks. It builds on still-new research into ...