U.S. needs nuclear spacecraft to compete with China, NASA official says
NASA and U.S. aerospace experts urged Congress on Wednesday to invest more quickly and heavily in development of nuclear-powered spacecraft ...
Tag: Mars
Hear sounds from Mars captured by Perseverance Rover
Thanks to two microphones aboard NASA's Perseverance rover, the mission has recorded nearly five hours of Martian wind gusts, rover ...
Mixing system prototype for future greenhouses on the Moon
Developing greenhouse systems is of great importance and requires Bio-regenerative Life Support Systems (BLSS) to ensure that the lives of ...
Life on Mars: simulating Red Planet base in Israeli desert
Inside a huge crater in Israel's sun-baked Negev desert, a team wearing space suits ventures forth on a mission to ...
China's Mars probes suspend explorations due to Sun outage
China's Mars rover and orbiter have suspended explorations since mid-September, to wait out a period of sun outage, the China ...
UAE spacecraft to explore asteroid belt after Mars success
The United Arab Emirates will launch a spacecraft to explore a major asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, officials said ...
USNC-Tech team wins contract to develop nuclear thermal propulsion system for NASA
Idaho National Laboratory has selected USNC-Tech and its partners to develop a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) reactor concept design for ...
NASA plans careful restart for Mars helicopter after quiet period
The Mars helicopter Ingenuity is on its own without NASA's guidance for two weeks as the sun interferes with communications ...
HiRISE spots Perseverance in South Seitah
The white speck is NASA's Perseverance rover in the "South Seitah" area of Mars' Jezero Crater. The image was taken ...
Using dunes to interpret wind on Mars
Dunes develop when wind-blown sand organizes into patterns, most often in deserts and arid or semi-arid parts of the world. ...