A UCF faculty member President Trump nominated for NASA’s chief financial officer sees the moon as a stepping stone to Mars ...

"Shorelines are great locations to look for evidence of past life." Today, Mars is a chilly desert of rock and dust — but 4 billion years ago, the planet had rivers, lakes and even oceans with sandy ...

Additionally, China is also investing in a human lunar program, seeking to land its own astronauts on the surface of the Moon ...

China Opens Global Invitation for Tianwen-3 China has officially invited international scientists to participate in its ...

Photo: Map of Utopia Planitia, Zhurong Mars rover landing site, and four possible ancient shorelines. Photo: Courtesy of the Aerospace Information Research Institute of Chinese Ac ...

Mars may have once hosted an ocean with waves that lapped against sandy beaches 3.6 billion years ago, according to new research. China’s Zhurong rover and its ground-penetrating radar detected ...

"We found evidence for wind, waves, no shortage of sand—a proper, vacation-style beach," said geologist Benjamin Cardenas.

China is on track to launch its Tianwen-3 mission to Mars in 2028 after estimating it would launch in 2030. Liu Jizhong, chief designer of China’s Mars mission, told the Second International ...

The Zhurong Mars rover is named after the fire god Zhurong, a character in Chinese myths. The rover is part of China’s Mars Mission. It landed on Mars in 2021 and explored the surface for 358 ...

“China is moving forward rapidly ... Of that total, deep-space exploration — including the Artemis moon-to-Mars campaign — has led spending at more than $7.6 billion. Autry is high on ...