NASA and Elon Musk are racing toward the same destination, but they are not running the same race. While SpaceX talks in terms of the next launch window, NASA is quietly building a layered campaign of ...

(CNN) — Twin spacecraft are set to take off on an unprecedented, winding journey to Mars, where they will investigate why the barren red planet began to lose its atmosphere billions of years ago.

NASA has quietly crossed a threshold on Mars: its flagship rover is no longer just following orders, it is choosing its own ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Mission NG-2 successfully launched a second mission from Cape Canaveral Thursday, carrying NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft to Mars. The huge 321-foot (98-meter) New Glenn ...

The distance feat comes as the Mars Perseverance rover reaches another milestone. After nearly five years of roaming the Red Planet, it’s now traveled almost 25 miles. With the help of autonomous ...

The candidates – six women and four men – are the first class of astronaut recruits in four years since 10 new astronauts were selected as part of the 2021 class. The incoming astronaut class includes ...

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Rocket Lab Corp. (Long Beach, Calif., U.S.) announced the success launch of its two Explorer-class spacecraft for NASA (Washington, D.C., U.S.) and the University of California Berkeley’s Space ...