A tour of Johnson Space Center in Houston shows how NASA and private industry are already working together on the future of ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 12: SpaceX company leadership ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq Marketsite at the launch of the company's initial public offering (IPO) on June 12, 2026 in New York City.

NASA’s PExT terminal has shown that spacecraft can seamlessly communicate through multiple government and commercial networks, a major step beyond traditional single-network systems. The mission is ...

Spacecraft of the future may be able to detect and repair their own structural damage in orbit, a capability that could make long-duration missions and reusable launch vehicles more resilient.

The Space Warfighting Environment 2040 is unique because it "was deliberately written to be warfighter-first, not technology-first," an official at SPACECOM's Joint Forces Development and Training ...

When rockets fire into space, the insides of their engines become an extreme environment where temperatures soar and tiny particles are thrown around at hypersonic speeds. These particles behave in ...

NASA is testing a next-generation space computer chip that could give spacecraft the ability to operate far more independently in deep space. The radiation-hardened processor is showing performance ...

Discover how space exploration is transforming by 2124 with advanced spacecraft, lunar and Martian colonies, and accessible ...

Small, heat-resistant “black boxes” will transmit data back to Earth when future space probes break up during re-entry to the Earth’s atmosphere, according to a development plan signed recently by ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...