NASA has pushed its first two crewed Artemis moon missions back to 2026 and 2027, and the move could have big ramifications.
HUMANS have already reached the Moon – and Mars seems like the obvious next step. But how will we get there? There are several mega-rockets already being developed that could take us to the red
The recent images taken by MRO show the solar panels have acquired the same reddish-brown hue as the rest of the planet. Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California used the photos to estimate the amount of dust that had accumulated, which will help prepare for future missions.
Instead of a winter wonderland, the Red Planet's northern hemisphere goes through an active—even explosive—spring thaw. While New Year's Eve is around the corner here on Earth, Mars scientists are ahead of the game: The Red Planet completed a trip around the sun on Nov.
Relying on remote data, including photographs taken after the flight, the investigators believe that “navigation errors created high horizontal velocities at touchdown,” which most likely resulted in Ingenuity experiencing a “hard impact on the sand ripple’s slope,” causing it to pitch and roll.
Space missions to the moon, Mars and beyond often get the most attention, but NASA's Near Space Network does a lot of heavy lifting for humankind's reach for the stars.
NASA has released a new document that highlights planned programmatic paradigm shifts in Mars exploration over the next 20 years.
"She still has one final gift for us, which is that she's now going to continue on as a weather station of sorts."
A little helicopter finally met its end this year. NASA’s Ingenuity drone made its 72nd and final flight on Mars in January, damaging one of its rotors on landing, concluding one of the most ...
NASA has released its final goals and objectives for low Earth orbit, laying out a long-term plan to expand microgravity science.
"When running an accident investigation from 100 million miles away, you don't have any black boxes!" NASA's Håvard Grip said.
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