On July 3, 1998, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Nozomi spacecraft on a mission to Mars. This ...

NASA announced four new contracts for commercial lunar landers for the agency’s moon plans, but dropped news that it’s toying ...

NASA is looking for volunteers to be part of a year-long simulated Moon and Mars mission. The Moon and Mars Exploration ...

Claire Parfitt's early work experience cleaning a space toilet at 14 sparked an unexpected journey, now leading her to head ...

Cleaning a space toilet while on work experience was Claire Parfitt's first introduction to a career away from Earth's orbit.

Blue Origin’s long-delayed New Glenn rocket now has a high-profile payload for its debut flight: NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to ...

Samples collected by Perseverance rover not expected until at least 2035, four years behind Tianwen-3’s ‘grab-and-go’ timetable. In the race for the red planet, China has taken the lead, with its ...

Relativity Space — a rocket maker acquired by former Google executive chair Eric Schmidt last year after stumbling on the path to orbit — might just beat SpaceX to Mars.

NASA has opened applications for a year-long Moon and Mars analog mission on Earth. The simulation will help shape astronaut safety, mission planning and habitat design for future lunar and Martian ...

Whether it's to the moon or Mars, a NASA mission requires some essential preparations: designing and developing the spacecraft, astronaut training and safety checks, clear goals, and strategies and ...

NASA's Curiosity rover found pure sulfur crystals inside a rock after backing over and accidentally crushing it on May 30, ...