NASA plans yearlong Mars simulation to test limits of isolation
NASA wants four people to test the limits of human isolation by placing them in a simulated Mars habitat for...
The forecast for Mars? Otherworldly weather predictions
As scientists prepare for crewed research missions to nearby planets and moons, they've identified a need for something beyond rovers...
The case of the missing mantle
In the early solar system, terrestrial planets like Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are thought to have formed from planetesimals,...
Geologists propose theory about a famous asteroid
The asteroid Vesta is the second largest asteroid in our solar system. With a diameter of about 330 miles, it...
NASA's Deep Space Network looks to the future
When NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover touched down on the Red Planet, the agency's Deep Space Network (DSN) was there,...
Crew completes spaceship fit check ahead of all-private mission to orbit
Commander Jared Isaacman and crewmates Hayley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor, and Chris Sembroski pose with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft Aug....
Mars mission to pause for about 50 days
China's Tianwen 1 Mars mission will be inactivated for about 50 days from mid-September due to an expected disruption of...
NASA's Perseverance plans next sample attempt
In its search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover is once again preparing to collect...
Mars helicopter sees potential rover road ahead
Ask any space explorer, and they'll have a favorite photograph or two from their mission. For Ken Farley, the project...
China's rover travels over 1 km on Mars
China's Mars rover Zhurong had traveled more than 1,000 meters on the surface of the red planet as of Monday,...