For centuries, we have gazed into space with fascination, dreaming of traveling to distant planets. To turn these dreams into ...

Mars's atmosphere and climate are impacted by interactions with solar wind, a stream of plasma comprised of protons and ...

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

A switch to Mars would impact programs such as the moon-focused Space Launch System, a multibillion-dollar rocket that ...

Mars exploration also inspires people around the world. Missions like the Mars rovers and the recent Ingenuity helicopter ...

NASA has been committed to the exploration of planet Mars, and now scientists have decided to use nuclear fission energy as ...

Researchers at NASA Langley are developing a next-gen system called MARVL (Modular Assembled Radiators for Nuclear Electric ...

19, 2024 — A new study explores how variations in Mars' crustal thickness during its ancient history may have influenced the planet's magmatic ... artifacts of human exploration on Mars deserve ...

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

When NASA's Ingenuity helicopter took flight on Mars in April 2021, it marked a historic moment in space exploration. This small, solar-powered rotorcraft became the first aircraft to achieve ...

We're hurtling toward a new era of mega-rockets with enough power to send colonists to the red planet, but should we?

Ingenuity, NASA’s Mars Helicopter, surpassed expectations as the first aircraft to operate on another planet. Despite being designed for five test flights over 30 days, it completed 72 flights across ...