When it comes to space, there's a problem with our human drive to go all the places and see all the things. A big problem. It's way too big.

Researcher created an engine concept that could theoretically accelerate to 99 percent of the speed of light - all without using propellant.

Traveling to Proxima Centauri b, the closest habitable planet to Earth, would require thousands of years with even the biggest rockets.

The "Helical Engine" works by exploiting the way mass can change at relativistic speeds - those close to the speed of light in a vacuum.

This has never been done before, to push macroscopic objects at speeds approaching the speed of light. Mass is such a huge barrier.

When it comes to space, there's a problem with our human drive to go all the places and see all the things. A big problem. It's, well, space

Aerospace engineers at MIT are testing a new concept for a hovering rover that levitates by harnessing the moon’s natural charge.

When it comes to space, there's a problem with our human drive to go all the places and see all the things. It's way too big.

A nuclear fusion company with lofty aspirations around sustainable space travel, has test-fired a rocket engine powered by plastic waste.

A NASA sounding rocket will observe a nearby star to learn how starlight affects the atmospheres of exoplanets in the hunt for life.

Researchers have developed a concept that would make rocket fuel on Mars, that could be used to launch future astronauts back to Earth.

Measuring a magnetic field isn't so hard if you're inside of it. Measuring a magnetic field remotely is an entirely different story.

When the Space X23 rocket launches to resupply the International Space Station, it will carry two experiments designed to sustain humans

FLPP oversees system studies and research activities to foster new and disruptive technologies which have the potential to reduce cost.

Researchers led by the University of Tsukuba explore the possibility of launching rockets using a high-power beam of microwave radiation.

What should future spacecraft engines be able to do? One major goal would be for it to allow spacecraft to travel through the solar system