The spacecraft aced its encounter with Mars. Now, mission scientists are studying a trove of data from the flyby in ...

NASA's Viking 1 mission blazed a crucial trail with its Mars landing on July 20, 1976. Now, half a century later, that trail ...

Half a century after the first successful Mars landing, Viking's greatest legacy may be the questions it taught us to ask.

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a contract to build the aeroshell for its Skyfall mission, which is scheduled to launch to ...

NASA’s asteroid-hunting Psyche spacecraft recently needed a little gravitational assist from Mars to keep speeding towards ...

NASA is looking for volunteers to be part of a year-long simulated Moon and Mars mission. The Moon and Mars Exploration Analog mission is set to begin in August of 2027. This mission is the first in a ...

American space agency NASA is bringing together its two main simulation facilities for the Moon and Mars Exploration Analog ...

The agency's shift of focus could mean turning to SpaceX's Starship for a mission to Mars in 2026. Reading time 3 minutes NASA is considering launching missions to Mars as early as next year in an ...

Sending humans to Mars and returning them safely to Earth would be one of the most complex endeavors that humans have ever carried out. The number of issues that must be dealt with simultaneously is ...

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 ...