Turns out, it's as tough to drop inward into the inner solar system, as it is to head outward. The problem stems from losing momentum from a launch starting point on Earth. It can take missions ...

How can we successfully collect and return samples from Mercury and Venus to Earth? This is what a recent study presented at ...

"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure ...

China is expected to launch a new crewed mission into space this week, as Beijing takes steady steps towards its goal of ...

It is 66 years since the 'Mercury Seven', NASA's first astronauts. On April 9, 1959, NASA unveiled the seven astronauts who would be part of the historic Mercury Project, a pioneer ...