‘Rads to Watts’ program aims to precipitate first step-change prototypes by 2027.

Before the X-30 ever became public, a secret DARPA program was quietly engineering America's most ambitious spacecraft, one designed to reach orbit from a runway at Mach 25. What followed was a ...

And what if that battery could be fueled by nuclear waste? That’s the future scientists are working toward in DARPA’s “Rads to Watts” program, which aims to create lightweight batteries with a high ...

Militaries routinely send satellites to fly by rival vehicles and suss out their capabilities, but scaling up this kind of ...

The space agency has put out a call for its Moon & Mars Exploration Analog, which recreates the challenges of a long-duration ...

NASA is asking Firefly Aerospace Inc. to conduct an accelerated mission to the moon as the federal agency pushes ahead on ...

NASA on Tuesday announced new uncrewed missions to aid in the future creation of a lunar surface base, a project beginning to ...

NASA has awarded four new lander contracts to test technology before sending astronauts back to the moon. The contracts were ...

The announcement is the latest in a stream of funding contracts NASA has awarded private companies in its effort to establish ...

As part of plans to establish a lunar base, the space agency may send to the moon a spare test version of the rover — as well ...

Three companies will receive a total of $600 million to executive four moon landings, laying the groundwork for a planned ...