Europe’s next Mars rover has successfully rehearsed one of the riskiest moments of its mission: leaving its landing platform ...

Japan’s MMX mission will explore Phobos, one of Mars’s two mysterious moons, and attempt to return surface samples to Earth.

Searching for clues on Phobos and Deimos. Damond Benningfield The Mars Moons eXploration spacecraft will fire its thrusters to maneuver into orbit around Mars (depicted in this digital art). JAXA Mars ...

The agency finally reached a decision earlier this month, selecting Blue Origin to develop, launch, and operate a $700 million spacecraft at Mars. However, the main competitor for the award, Rocket ...

Depth Analysis]Mars was once nothing more than a red dot visible through a telescope.However, as of 2026, robots sent by ...

For years, nuclear propulsion sat in the same category as so many ambitious space ideas, impressive on paper, always a few steps away from reality. Now NASA says that changes in 2028. The agency plans ...

NASA released a much-anticipated contract solicitation for a Mars-orbiting spacecraft late last week, kicking off what is sure to be a hotly contested and potentially controversial procurement. At ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Digital rendering of Blue Origin’s Mars Telecommunications Network orbiter in orbit around the Red Planet. | ©Image Credit: Blue ...

After more than a decade of service, unlocking treasure troves of insights into Mars’s atmosphere, NASA announced on June 3 that its MAVEN mission has come to an end after a still unknown anomaly ...

Nuclear sources provide heat and electricity independently of these conditions, giving mission planners a dependable option ...

Dual NASA Viking landers searched for life on Mars in 1976. Credit: NASA July 20 marked the 50th anniversary of one of the biggest robotic spaceflight achievements in NASA’s history: the landing of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist's impression of Space Reactor-1 Freedom, the nuclear-powered spaceship NASA says it is sending to Mars. (CREDIT: NASA) For ...