American space agency NASA announced the first major test of a new lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster that could ...

Historic imaging legacy: From Mariner 4 to Perseverance, NASA’s evolving cameras have transformed our understanding of Mars and informed future exploration. Starship’s heavy-lift leap: SpaceX targets ...

NASA says that during the long time it spent working on Mars, the Curiosity managed to fracture and separate the upper layers ...

NASA has released two vast 360° panoramas from its Curiosity and Perseverance rovers, each revealing distinct Martian landscapes shaped billions of years apart. Curiosity’s images from Gale Crater ...

NASA has announced that a sample collected on Mars by its Perseverance rover may contain evidence of ancient microbial life Perseverance took the sample from a rock named Cheyava Falls in a dry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From Ingenuity's flights, it's clear that helicopters offer a new way to explore Mars. Planetary experts are already dreaming up ...

NASA’s ESCAPADE is the first UC Berkeley-led planetary mission. Its two identical satellites will provide an unprecedented stereo view of Mars’ magnetosphere. Mapping the ionosphere and space ...

NASA has just shared one of its most impressive Mars panoramas to date. Captured by its trusty Curiosity rover, the panorama (below) of the Martian landscape comprises 44 images taken by the rover’s ...

NASA revealed Tuesday its plans to build a permanent base on the moon. The space agency also announced a mission plan to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars before the end of 2028. NASA is ...

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a ...