Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that NASA, working with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has selected Westinghouse to continue development of a space microreactor design through the ...

Elon Musk has taken aim at NASA for focusing on exploring the Moon rather than launching missions to Mars. The Red Planet has ...

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could ...

Since its deployment in February 2021, Perseverance has been diligently collecting samples of Martian rock and soil, which ...

In October 2024, NASA announced the assembly of a new team to assess the future of the Mars Sample Return mission, with a full report anticipated by the end of 2024. Odds are good that the livestream ...

January's full Wolf Moon will make Mars vanish. It's only temporary, but you can watch it happen.

The space agency will provide a broadcast update on the marquee mission that is intended to recover samples of Martian rock ...

NASA has plans to return humans to the moon with the Artemis mission—but Elon Musk’s preference for Mars could have influence ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 7, to provide an update on the status ...

January 2025 will be an excellent opportunity to spot Mars and some of its details with a medium-sized telescope!

Each evening, enjoy a sweeping view of four planets at once. Also look for Mars occulted by the Moon and meteors!