The price tag doesn't include the cost of the science mission the new spacecraft would ferry to the Red Planet.
Long before modern Mars missions, the Soviet Union was pursuing one of the most ambitious goals of the Space Race.
The spacecraft aced its encounter with Mars. Now, mission scientists are studying a trove of data from the flyby in ...
Four good people with the Right Stuff (plus two alternates) will be selected for the Moon and Mars Exploration Analog, or ...
NASA's Viking 1 mission blazed a crucial trail with its Mars landing on July 20, 1976. Now, half a century later, that trail ...
Half a century after the first successful Mars landing, Viking's greatest legacy may be the questions it taught us to ask.
Scientists have frequently recognized the challenges of planetary protection. According to NASA mission records, Apollo ...
American space agency NASA is bringing together its two main simulation facilities for the Moon and Mars Exploration Analog ...
Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced a $13 million subcontract from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to manufacture, test, and ...
Sending humans to Mars and returning them safely to Earth would be one of the most complex endeavors that humans have ever carried out. The number of issues that must be dealt with simultaneously is ...
Whether it's to the moon or Mars, a NASA mission requires some essential preparations: designing and developing the spacecraft, astronaut training and safety checks, clear goals, and strategies and ...
On May 15, NASA’s Psyche used Mars as a slingshot on its lengthy journey to the main asteroid belt — and captured remarkable ...