NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) caught a glimpse of the agency's retired InSight lander recently, documenting the accumulation of dust on the spacecraft's solar panels. In the new image taken ...

NASA InSight lander snapped this selfie when its solar panels were still clean from dust. NASA’s InSight lander was a very different mission from the space agency’s famous wheeled Mars rovers. It ...

A former chief historian of NASA reflects on the history and future of Mars exploration Roger D. Launius The original 'Face on Mars' image taken by NASA's Viking 1 orbiter that resembled a human face ...

China's growing presence in space has been undeniable since the turn of the century. Between sending the first "taikonaut" to space in 2003 (Yang Liwei), launching the first Chinese robotic mission to ...

NASA has sent over three drones to the famed Death Valley in California for a team to test the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in extreme conditions. The space agency launched this test in hopes of ...

NASA has announced a bold new Mars mission that will use nuclear electric propulsion for the first time in deep space history, pairing cutting-edge technology with a fleet of small helicopters set to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Nov 12, 2024, 03:47pm EST ESA's Mars Express spacecraft delivered a ...

Today’s weather report on Mars: Windy with a chance of catastrophic dust storms blotting out the sky. In a new study, planetary scientists at CU Boulder have begun to unravel the factors that kick off ...

Dec. 13 (UPI) --NASA on Friday issued updates to its "Moon to Mars architecture," its exploration blueprint that includes Artemis missions to the moon that will help prepare for human exploration of ...

2024 has been a year in space that has seen successes, failures, a clutch of firsts, and some goodbyes – not to mention a long-distance probe rescue, spacesuits on the catwalk, and a couple of cosmic ...