The slowest part of a Mars mission is often not the driving, it is the waiting. A rover can only do so much when every move ...

Humanity's exploration of Mars should be organized around the search for signs of past or present Red Planet life, according ...

NASA plans a 2028 nuclear-powered Mars mission using SR-1 Freedom and Skyfall helicopters, aiming to transform deep-space ...

NASA is gearing up for one of its boldest Mars missions yet, and it’s not just about landing on the Red Planet. In 2028, the agency plans to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft carrying not one, but ...

The results, published in Frontiers in Space Technologies, showed that semi-autonomous robots can quickly investigate several ...

President Trump has previously expressed, “we will pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts ...

Like Earth, Mars is surrounded by an ionosphere—the part of its upper atmosphere where radiation from the sun knocks electrons off of atoms and molecules, creating charged particles. The Martian ...

Artemis II's launch window begins at around midday New Zealand time, taking those on board further into space than ever on a ...

The Artemis II mission is America’s opening bid for deep space exploration — an ambition that is well worth its hefty price ...

HOUSTON—Intuitive Machines (IM) is working to repurpose the solar electric power and propulsion element (PPE) spacecraft bus of NASA’s paused lunar-orbiting Gateway space station for the agency’s Mars ...

Mars occupies a unique position in planetary science as the most accessible natural laboratory for investigating the origin and evolution of terrestrial planets and the potential for life beyond Earth ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking ...