NASA has committed to running two competing landing architectures side by side for its Mars Sample Return mission, a strategy the agency has never attempted for a planetary return campaign. The ...

Policymakers assess the Lunar Gateway’s role in Artemis amid funding debates, international commitments, and plans for ...

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SpaceX has pursued its founder’s dream of reaching Mars for decades, but now that Elon Musk has shifted the company’s focus to the Moon, another aerospace firm appears prepared to take the lead in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If humans are ever to land on Mars, they will need somewhere to stay—a protective shell that can shield them from the sun’s harsh ...

FARNBOROUGH, England — A possible rover mission to Mars within the next eight years may rely on a larger parachutes, atomic clocks and inflatable decelerators, NASA's Mars exploration chief says. With ...

Researchers examine technologies and strategies for closed-loop water systems to support long-duration Moon and Mars missions, focusing on efficiency, durability, and resource recovery.

Learn more about lunar time zones and future NASA and ESA missions, which are working to create a safer environment for ...

As Earth’s population continues to grow and strain environmental resources, researchers are increasingly examining how humans might one day build settlements beyond Earth. Not many construction ...

Scientists confirm that clocks on Mars run faster than on Earth and will change global space navigation in the future ...