The idea for NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter began at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory with a team of dedicated engineers who believed in something seemingly impossible. MiMi Aung served as the project manager on the helicopter, which has...

Space researchers have proposed building a network of radio antennas on the far side of the moon. <br/>

NASA has released images of its Lunar Gateway space station ahead of its proposed launch of two modules in 2024. <br/>

In our third lesson, we’ll take a closer look at two crucial elements of filmmaking: mise-en-scene and sound. To create believable scenes and immersive experiences for viewers, filmmakers carefully combine visual and auditory...

Badri Younes is the deputy associate administrator for Space Communication Navigation. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite project, or TDRS, is building the follow-on and replacement spacecraft necessary to maintain and...

Whether you're relying on the careful observations of 1950s amateur astronomers and backyard telescopes or state-of-the-art GPS tracking and navigation technology: knowing where you are in space means needing to know what time it is.

On 17 April the half-ton New Horizons spacecraft became only the fifth man-made machine to fly more than 50 astronomical units into deep space.

Space is filled with countless stars, all of which radiate enormous amounts of heat. These stars are tens of thousands of times bigger than our own sun. Still, space is considered to be cold. Why is that? If there are so many hot burning...

A fact-filled look at 23 of the most important events from man's on-going adventure in space. Apollo 13 and the first orbiting laboratory. Soviet and American crews meet in space. The first unmanned trip to mars by NASA was made and data...

A space elevator that hangs in Earth orbit is a lot more realistic than one would think, says professor George Zhu of Toronto’s York University.

A conversation with James Cockrell, Project Manager for Small Spacecrafts.