Time in space affects the body, but research has found that it can also quite literally affect the mind, prompting questions ...

Discover how the groundbreaking idea of a space elevator is moving from science fiction to reality as leading innovators in ...

Astronauts of the future may be radically different from the rest of us in physiology and psychology. So, to what extent ...

NASA’s pursuit of nuclear propulsion technology marks a monumental advancement in the realm of space exploration. By leveraging the power of nuclear rockets, the agency is poised to redefine how we ...

For over a century, rocket propulsion has followed a simple principle; burn fuel, expel it backward, and Newton's third law pushes you forward. Since Konstantin Tsiolkovsky first formulated the rocket ...

The NASA SpaceX Crew Dragon took off into the sky over the weekend. It was SpaceX’s first crewed mission in history. For some, it seemed like a pipe dream. But the launch’s success crested a renewed ...

NASA's Space Shuttle Program, which ran from 1981 to 2011, was a complex and ambitious project that pushed the boundaries of ...

Musk weighed in on all of it at this week’s World Economic Forum. But his predictions rarely work out the way he says they ...

October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the third in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers, ...

Set in 2062, “The Jetsons” predicted a future of flying cars and three-day, three-hour workweeks. In the coming years, we’ll at least get the cars — in the form of small helicopter-plane hybrids that ...