A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

Trump’s pledge to go to Mars without mentioning the moon has caused some head-scratching and even consternation in the media.

There are many obstacles to overcome before humans can set foot on Mars, including problems surrounding launch mass and ...

Continuing the Artemis program and using its planned lunar space station as a staging post would be a more energy efficient ...

“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

NASA is working on a groundbreaking nuclear electric propulsion system that could dramatically speed up trips to Mars. The ...

NASA has plans to launch the first deep space station for humans to live long-term. Is it a necessary step to Mars?

After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to ...

Mars spacecraft teamed up with an AI model to find a new impact crater on on the Martian surface, changing our understanding of the interior.

Significance: First time NASA ... The mission's timeline extended beyond the expected duration due to technical malfunctions. Williams and Wilmore, who were originally meant to spend just one ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...