NASA will investigate two new approaches to bring its Mars samples to Earth through a mission proposal that ... bringing it down to the surface — lighter and smaller. Aerojet Rocketdyne went ...

On Feb. 18, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars ... lighter—not to mention cheaper—collection vehicle and ascent stage and allow for a smaller, cheaper booster to get the mission ...

Early astronomers named the lighter ... Mars appears light red and featureless for weeks or even months. The 2018 storm killed the Opportunity rover 5,352 sols (martian days) into its mission.

The move to lighter, cheaper, more effective components to guard against radiation damage, is "long-term mission stuff," Harris says. "This is the moon. This is Mars. This is deep space." ...

The 2025 Grammys kicked off with a massive supergroup consisting of the band Dawes, Brittany Howard, St. Vincent, John Legend ...

Continuing the Artemis program and using its planned lunar space station as a staging post would be a more energy efficient ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has backed a mission to Mars to investigate the remarkable 'square structure' that was captured on NASA's Mars Orbiter Camera. The image, which has gone viral after being ...

NASA is working on an exciting mission to send humans to Mars in the next few decades. To make this happen, the agency is developing new technologies and conducting thorough research to ensure ...

Trump’s pledge to go to Mars without mentioning the moon has caused some head-scratching and even consternation in the media.

NASA's mission is to return rock, soil and others samples to Earth for study. NASA announced Tuesday that it's exploring two landing options to move forward with its mission to retrieve ...

A bevy of space companies will lend a hand to NASA's moon goals under new contracts centered around the agency's upcoming ...