NASA's proposed Space Reactor 1 mission aims to demonstrate nuclear-powered electric propulsion on a spacecraft traveling to ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — NASA’s newest rover, the massive Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity, is less than two months away from plunging into the thin atmosphere of the Red Planet — a harrowing seven-minute ...

NASA officials will give an update today (Oct. 15) on an upcoming Japan-led mission to send a spacecraft to Mars' two moons, ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has officially traveled 28.10 miles—farther across another planet’s surface than any other vehicle in history. Not only that, but the six-wheeled science lab ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Mars is a dusty place. Dust is circulated by everyday winds, whirlwinds called ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Half a century after first putting hardware down on Mars, NASA is looking to explore the Red Planet's skies. On July 20, 1976, the ...

NASA's InSight spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars Monday after a months-long journey to the red planet. A NASA spacecraft designed to burrow beneath the surface of Mars landed on the red ...

NASA has lost contact with one of its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars orbiter is perilously close to running out of fuel, and the third mission ...

Japan’s MMX spacecraft is heading toward Mars to collect samples from Phobos, with a rover and two sampling systems helping investigate the moon’s origins.

NASA's Curiosity rover captured a stunning new image of a sunrise on Mars. The photo is the most detailed image ever taken of the planet's wind-carved cliffs. Curiosity has been exploring Mars for ...