SpaceX will launch Tesla’s humanoid Optimus robot to Mars next year
The year 2025 is going to be pivotal for Tesla’s humanoid robot plans, if the words of CEO Elon Musk are to be believed. But next year could mark an…
NASA’s Mars rover collects rock sample ‘unlike anything we’ve seen before’
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image of its 26th collected rock sample, named “Silver Mountain,” using its onboard Sample Caching System Camera, located inside the rover’s underbelly. The camera…
Elon Musk voices renewed hope for first crewed Mars mission
With his new buddy Donald Trump now back in the White House, SpaceX boss Elon Musk has renewed hope of getting the first humans to Mars before the end of…
NASA has two ideas for how to get samples back from Mars
NASA has big goals for Mars. It wants to collect the first-ever samples from the Martian surface and deliver them back to Earth in an ambitious mission called Mars Sample…
NASA’s exciting 2024 began with a crash that ended a historic mission
NASA had a busy 2024, overseeing space station operations, monitoring a slew of ongoing missions, preparing for upcoming Artemis lunar flights, and much more besides. It also began the year…
NASA orbiter captures one last image of retired InSight lander on Mars
NASA’s Insight lander spent four years on the surface of Mars, uncovering secrets of the planet’s interior, but it eventually succumbed to the most martian of environmental threats: dust. Mars…
NASA learns how the Ingenuity helicopter ended up crashing on Mars
Earlier this year, the NASA helicopter Ingenuity came to the end of its mission after an incredible 72 flights on Mars. The helicopter flew a remarkable 30 times farther than…
Take a flight over Mars’ Ares Vallis in a new video from Mars Express
A new video shows what it would be like to cruise over the surface of Mars, zooming in to the planet from orbit and into a channel called the Ares…
NASA’s Mars rover reveals what it’s grateful for this Thanksgiving
It’s not just people who are sharing what they’re grateful for during Thanksgiving today. Mars rovers are, too. In a post on X, NASA’s Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars…
Watch NASA’s Mars video of a ‘googly eye’ during solar eclipse
As it continues its painstaking search for microbial life on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has also been reporting otherworldly happenings occurring during its adventures. Just recently, for example, one of…