NASA plans to launch its first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft in 2028, a probe called Space Reactor-1 Freedom that will carry helicopters to Mars.

The U.S. space agency’s Skyfall project calls for sending robotic helicopters to Mars on a nuclear-powered spacecraft before the end of Donald Trump’s presidency

NASA is poised to launch a historic spaceflight around the moon on Wednesday. CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassman spoke with NASA administrator Jared Isaacman about the Artemis II

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A shiny cylinder photographed by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has one Harvard scientist calling on the agency to make investigating it their top priority

NASA is officially sending a fleet of robotic helicopters to Mars in 2028.

Some stories feel powerful because they connect struggle, timing, and achievement in a way that feels hard to ignore. Diana Trujillo's story does exactly that. She left Colombia at 17, arrived in the United States with only $300,

The U.S. space agency will aim to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars—a first—in a bid to show that nuclear propulsion can be used to send missions into deep space

We’ll get eyes on the moon, kind of map it out and then continue to go back in force,” said flight director Judd Frieling.