Mars planners are increasingly treating ice not just as a resource to drink or split for rocket fuel, but as a structural material that could shape the first real neighborhoods on another world.

NASA unveiled a new vision for its near-term future Tuesday, including construction of a complete moon base, a major increase in robotic missions and a nuclear-powered spacecraft to bring a slew of ...

WASHINGTON — The number of manned launches at Kennedy Space Center should pick up dramatically in the coming years, with bigger rockets. NASA administrators now plan to begin building a moon base by ...

Researchers have developed a concept for a toroidal, mobile inflatable habitat for Mars, designed to house four astronauts with integrated life support systems. The lightweight structure can be ...