WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That’s what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in earth sciences and seismology, she gets much of her ...

The Science Mission Directorate (SMD) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) conducts both Earth and space science missions. The latter type encompasses missions in planetary ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Far away on desolate Mars, a set of dust and rock samples awaits a ride that might never come. After years in limbo, NASA’s groundbreaking Mars Sample Return (MSR) programme, which was supposed to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the future of astronautics and space technologies. That visibility naturally invites a follow-on question: what comes next ...

NEW ORLEANS — A proposal by the Trump administration to dismantle a leading atmospheric science center would also have implications for space science. The White House announced Dec. 16 it would direct ...