NASA’s CHAPEA mission, designed to simulate the challenges of long-duration Mars exploration, has now reached a milestone, ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has successfully tested new rotor blades that surpassed the ...

The rock is nicknamed "Atacama." ...

Rare Mars mishap: A 28-pound rock nicknamed 'Atacama' clung to Curiosity's drill for nearly a week, the first such occurrence in the rover's mission. Weeklong remote fix: NASA engineers used tilting, ...

Scientists study whether Aspergillus calidoustus could survive Mars-like conditions, raising new concerns about microbes in ...

In April 2026, the SETI Institute’s work spanned both scientific research and broader questions about how discoveries are ...

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NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

Researchers have developed a semi-autonomous robotic system designed to improve the exploration of planetary surfaces, ...

The Mars Moons eXploration spacecraft will fire its thrusters to maneuver into orbit around Mars (depicted in this digital art). JAXA. Mars has been studied and scrutinized more t ...

You're on the fourth human mission to Mars, and you're told the Odyssey spacecraft designed to take you there will be the ...

The cuts, proposed in the Trump administration's 2027 budget request to Congress, would pose further challenges to the venerable La Cañada Flintridge facility and its space missions.