Venus’s upper atmosphere, with Earthlike gravity and pressure, may allow feasible floating habitats even as its surface ...

The ISS has “come into its own as a very sophisticated scientific laboratory,” says retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who ...

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki mission orbiting Venus was declared dead last week after engineers spent more than a year trying to get in touch with the sile ...

NASA's first multiple-satellite mission to another planet will map Mars' magnetic field and atmosphere in 3D, laying the ...

You may have heard about the extensive testing facilities for spacecraft and equipment, but how do scientists prepare for the human aspect of space exploration?

The probability that one of Saturn’s moons may harbour life has risen, experts say, after finding an array of carbon-based ...