New Deep Space Mission Ideas Draw NASA's Eye. News. By Leonard David published 10 January 2012 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge invited chefs, small businesses, and students to submit their innovative ideas about how to develop food for astronauts, with the winning teams receiving a prize ...

The conference — ISDC 2025 — will be held from June 19 to June 22 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Organized by the National Space Society (NSS), this year's conference promises to be a ...

The space agency's next Mars rover is slated to launch in 2020. That spacecraft will be carrying a technology experiment that will turn carbon dioxide from the planet's atmosphere into breathable ...

NASA is still willing to fund unusual concepts in its bid to advance space exploration. The agency is handing out $175,000 initial study grants to 14 projects that could be useful for missions in ...

NASA has granted funding to a dozen imaginative tech concepts, in the hopes that one or more of them will lead to big breakthroughs in space science and exploration. The 12 ideas, which were ...

An amino acid, one of the building blocks of life, has been spotted in deep space. If the find stands up to scrutiny, it means that the sorts of chemistry needed to create life are not unique to ...