More than 50 years after the last Moon landing, Mars is the new frontier. But getting there is a cosmic-scale gamble against ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

Peter Schiff, a prominent gold advocate and vocal critic of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), has raised concerns about former President Donald Trump‘s recent promise of a Mars landing. Schiff’s critique draws ...

On September 29, 2013, SpaceX performed the first supersonic retropropulsion (SRP) maneuver to decelerate the reentry of the first stage of their Falcon 9 rocket. NASA asked if their EDL (entry, ...

Once on Mars, the half dozen rotorcraft would act in concert as they explore the region around the landing site using cameras and subsurface radar scanners. Aside from general information, the goal ...

What are the most ideal landing sites on Mars for the first human missions that can provide maximum survivability while also exhibiting the potential for finding life beyond Earth? This is what a ...

Imagine trying to land an SUV-sized rover on another world. That's definitely enough of a challenge on its own, but picture doing so while the rover hangs perilously beneath a hovering sky crane, ...

“If Elysium Planitia were a salad, it would consist of romaine lettuce and kale — no dressing,” said InSight principal investigator Bruce Banerdt at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, ...

At 1:31 a.m. ET on August 6, 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover made a spectacular landing on the surface of Mars. To mark the 12th anniversary, NASA has shared a video (below) in which members of the ...

Hundreds of scientists and Mars-exploration enthusiasts will convene in a hotel ballroom just north of Los Angeles later this week to present, discuss and deliberate the future landing site for NASA’s ...