NASA wants to Mars samples to Earth, but budget problems and technical woes have the mission caught between a rock and the ...

If someone died on a low-Earth-orbit mission, such as aboard the International Space Station, the crew could return the body to Earth in a capsule within a matter of hours. If it happened on the Moon, ...

This month, four bright planets greet you in the early evening. Venus and Saturn cozy up on the 17th and 18th, while Mars is at its brightest in the past two years. The Moon occults Mars for those in ...

Europa Clipper, which launched in October 2024, will get an energy boost around March 2025 when it flies by Mars, one of our ...

Jezero Crater is the home of NASA's Perseverance rover. See a bird's-eye view of the crater with this animated flyover created using data from ESA's Mars Express orbiter and the Mars Reconnaissance ...

The best time to witness the celestial event will be just after sunset starting Jan. 10. A meteor shower will also be visible ...

On Mercury, craters are named after “artists, musicians, painters and authors who have made outstanding or fundamental ...

Four Planets in One View! Each evening this month, enjoy a sweeping view of four bright planets at once. Also look for a ...

Learn how NASA’s satellite fleet helps provide weather Information for the missions on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

Commercial space company Blue Origin is ready to start the new year with the anticipated first launch of its 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket from Florida.

Ingenuity, NASA’s Mars Helicopter, surpassed expectations as the first aircraft to operate on another planet. Despite being designed for five test flights over 30 days, it completed 72 flights across ...

Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket comes in at a towering 320 feet tall — which is equivalent to a 32-story skyscraper. Still, it's overshadowed by SpaceX's Starship, which current launches from ...