From bicycles to rockets, learning through experience – whether human or machine – is shaping the future of space exploration.

Artificial intelligence is moving from the control room into the engine bell, reshaping how rockets are designed, steered and ...

Artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping how rockets fly, how spacecraft sip propellant and how engineers think about the ...

Artificial intelligence has transformed from just a software tool to a pivotal player in the future of space, given its ...

Scientists have developed a new form of nuclear propulsion that they claim could slash mission times to Mars and enable voyages to the farthest reaches of the solar system. A team from Ohio State ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued ...

The other is how to control the rocket, given that it's in a compact, highly radioactive package out in space where no technician, even if they're aboard the ship, can get to it. Add to this, a rocket ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets ...