A recent press briefing led by NASA’s interim administrator Sean Duffyhighlighted the excitement around a new rock formation ...

On January 14 2004, the United States announced a new “Vision for Space Exploration”, promising that humans would not only ...

Mars is where that leadership will be proven. And if NASA is serious about sending humans there, and keeping them safe while they’re there, that investment in long-term infrastructure needs to start ...

Hoping to push Mars exploration into top gear and do recon for a future crewed landing, AeroVironment has released its concept for a mission consisting of half a dozen autonomous helicopters that ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the exploration of Mars. The United States, Soviet Union and China are the only three countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. There have been nine successful US Mars landings: ...

To be clear, the U.S. is still in a better position than any nation on Earth to lead humanity to the ‘Golden Age’ of space exploration. Let’s not let that golden age turn instead into fool’s gold.

Mars has two moons, but they're not quite like Earth's moon. That's raised a lot of questions about where they're from, ...

What innovative rovers can be developed to advance Mars surface exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the Division for ...

It’s often assumed that Earth is somehow separate from the rest of the universe. Yet changes in environments across the solar ...

Space missions in the future could travel to Mars, asteroids and the outer solar system by riding on nuclear-powered rockets, thanks to a new design that utilizes energy from the nuclear fission of ...