ESPOO, Finland — China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission is entering flight hardware development, targeting a late 2028 launch to seek out biosignatures on the Red Planet. The mission has ...

This article is from the 2025 Technical Update. The exact date when the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia was lost is readily recalled by Patrick Forrester, as it likely would be for any NASA employee in ...

WASHINGTON — NASA has provided new details about its plans to procure a Mars communications orbiter funded under last year’s budget reconciliation bill as companies continue positioning themselves to ...

NASA has given its Perseverance Mars rover a powerful new ability to determine its exact location on the Red Planet without ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover is investigating strange spiderweb-like ridges on Mars that may reveal a hidden chapter of the planet’s watery history. These “boxwork” formations likely formed when groundwater ...

Artificial intelligence has been advancing at an exponential rate over the past few years, prompting widespread concern that AI could start taking jobs away from real people. Unfortunately for the ...

NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has been exploring a curious geological formation made up of ridges up to six feet in height for the last six months. Scientists theorize that the “boxwork” formations were ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and Blue Origin are planning to launch the ESCAPADE mission, where a pair of satellites will study Mars' magnetosphere. ESCAPADE will eventually help future ...

Mars’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic ...

Mars Sample Return was supposed to be NASA’s crowning achievement in planetary science—bringing pristine Martian rock back to Earth to search for ancient life. Instead, spiraling costs, schedule ...

NASA’s Opportunity rover was designed for a 90-day mission, but it ended up exploring Mars for 15 years. During that time it traveled more than 42 kilometers, discovering evidence that Mars once had ...