The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the ...

As it soared past Mars in March, NASA's Europa Clipper conducted a critical radar test that had been impossible to accomplish ...

Thirteen years after Curiosity landed on Mars, engineers are finding ways to make the NASA rover even more productive. The ...

Thirteen years ago, the Curiosity rover landed on Mars, inside Gale crater in particular. It was originally sent to the red ...

Thirteen years into its mission, NASA's Curiosity rover is still uncovering Martian mysteries — and learning to do more with ...

Spirit’s landing on Mars wasn’t powered by rockets—it bounced! Discover why NASA wrapped its rover in giant airbags for one ...

Can you teach an old Mars rover new tricks? NASA says the answer is a resounding “yes.” Following its landing on Mars 13 ...

People are looking forward to witnessing the first footsteps on the moon in over 50 years and the first ones on Mars ever.

These can range from the interesting (such as the donut-shaped rock which may not be from the planet) to the silly (hello, ...

Launched in October 2024, Europa Clipper is on a 1.8-billion-mile (2.9-billion-kilometer) journey to study Jupiter and its moons. On March 1, it flew within 550 miles (884 kilometers) of Mars' surface ...

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, after 13 years on Mars, received new updates. The six-wheeled robot can now multitask and ...

Perseverance has uncovered unusual, basalt-rich Martian spherules that likely formed in violent explosions—either from ...