Ars has reported on one of the amendments, which would authorize NASA to take steps toward a “commercial” deep space program using privately owned rockets and spacecraft rather than vehicles owned by the government.

If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be impossible to leave them behind, since they live on and in our bodies, surfaces and food.

How do you lay out a space station to accommodate life in zero gravity? That's one of the challenges facing Teague, a century-old design firm.

Key studies, spearheaded by Nasa's Human Research Program, aim to safeguard crews for future deep-space voyages like Artemis lunar landings and Mars missions.

The NG-18 Cygnus spacecraft departed the International Space Station and burned up in Earth's atmosphere the following day. Astronaut Frank Rubio called the time-lapse a "great example of basic orbital dynamics in motion,

Footage released by NASA on Wednesday reveals aurora ribbons shimmering above Earth, while a thin orange line of the atmosphere highlights the planet’s edge.