Watch NASA’s new Mars helicopter rotor break the speed of sound (video)
NASA is testing the limits of future Mars aircraft as it works to develop a next-generation fleet of helicopters that ...
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Here’s what 6 years of driving on Mars did to the wheels on NASA’s Curiosity rover (video)
A new video released by NASA/JPL documents six years of Curiosity rover's wheels while driving on Mars.
NASA reserves science payload space for Mars telecommunications mission
NASA is reserving a small amount of space on a Mars telecommunications spacecraft for science, which could be one or ...
House Science Committee pans NASA budget request
Members of the House Science Committee rejected a proposed fiscal year 2027 budget for NASA because of sweeping cuts as ...
This life-hunting rover may be SpaceX’s 1st-ever Mars launch
SpaceX will launch Europe's life-hunting Rosalind Franklin rover toward Mars in 2028 — but not aboard the company's Starship megarocket.
Senators seek increased funding for NASA Mars missions
Several senators are asking appropriators to increase funding for NASA’s robotic Mars exploration efforts, fearing “severe and irreversible harm” if ...
NASA Unveils Initiatives to Achieve America’s National Space Policy
As part of its “Ignition” event on Tuesday, NASA announced a series of transformative agencywide initiatives designed to achieve President ...
US lawmakers call for a permanent moon base. Will it ever happen?
The impetus for establishing a "Lunar Surface Moon Base" is that America is in a space race with China.
Avoiding a harmful lunar ‘gold rush’
As shown by the recent SpaceNews editorials by Mustafa Bilal and Stirling Forbes, there is currently much talk of a coming ...
5 reasons why Blue Origin’s New Glenn Mars launch was a big deal
The Nov. 13 launch of two Mars probes atop Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket was a big deal for ...