NASA’s mega-project of scooping up and transferring specimens of Mars to our planet is under intense scrutiny and has been put on pause.. The plan, which never looked easy, called for a NASA ...

David Ariosto is a journalist, author, and the host and founder of the Space Watch Daily podcast. He has spent more than two decades covering emerging geopolitical issues, technological trends ...

Space mining startup AstroForge just got a little bit closer to achieving their goal of mining asteroids for precious metals, after announcing in a press release shared with SpaceRef on Wednesday ...

NASA recently announced its latest challenge with Freelancer.com: The space agency has asked researchers and engineers on the platform to create new methods of refilling propellant in space.

On Wednesday, Space industry figures from SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic reiterated calls for an extension to the “learning period” regarding the development of safety regulations ...

This month, NewSpace Global focused on the economic opportunities, essential technologies, challenges, and a timeline for lunar habitation.

A new study led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Planetary Scientist and Associate Vice President Dr. Alan Stern posits that the large, approximately 5-kilometer-long mounds that dominate ...

Also, a Texas government official told SpaceRef that SpaceX may need an environmental permit before an October Starship launch.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, was awarded an $18 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract ...

In less than a month, NASA is scheduled to embark upon a series of firsts: The first journey to an unknown metallic asteroid, Psyche.The first deep space use of Hall effect thrusters, a hyper ...

China has given rise to more than 20 commercial launch companies since 2014, with each trying a slightly different approach to capturing a piece of the country’s small but fast-growing ...

Leonard is author of Moon Rush: The New Space Race, Mars – Our Future on the Red Planet, and co-authored with Apollo 11’s Buzz Aldrin of Mission to Mars – My Vision for Space Exploration ...