The faster it goes, the greater the loads. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA is testing the limits of future Mars aircraft as ...

Exploring Mars used to be a top priority for NASA and SpaceX. But a dramatic shift is underway as the administration tries to cut science spending and return to the moon. For decades, Mars has been a ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking ...

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less than a meter beneath the surface, close enough to be harvested for water, ...

A NASA spacecraft bound for an unusual metallic asteroid recently made a strategic flyby of Mars — and its cameras captured a rare perspective of the red planet along the way. The Psyche mission, ...

Jezero Crater’s rocks reveal three stages of water activity, shifting from hostile acidic fluids to more life-friendly alkaline ones. Perseverance’s discoveries guide future sampling and strengthen ...

Nasa is developing ways to use nuclear power to send spacecraft to their destinations. Nuclear propulsion could greatly reduce the journey time to Mars, perhaps cutting a voyage of more than six ...

The Perseverance Mars rover poses against a dramatic backdrop of ancient Martian terrain in a new selfie. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

NASA shared a timelapse showing six years of wear and tear on the Curiosity rover's wheels. The car-sized rover has been exploring Mars' Gale Crater since 2012, far exceeding its two-year mission plan ...

SpaceX shared new details about a crewed Mars flyby in the lead-up to Thursday's Flight 12 launch attempt. Reading time 3 minutes SpaceX may have failed to get Starship V3 off the ground on Thursday, ...

For NASA’s Psyche mission, the path to the metallic asteroid of the same name lies on the other side of Mars. The mission launched in 2023 and has spent the intervening years looping through the inner ...