NASA selects 9 companies to work on low-cost Mars projects
NASA is expanding its plans for Mars, looking at not only a big, high-budget, long-term project to bring back a sample from Mars but also smaller, lower-cost missions to enable…
Scientists Plan for Apophis’s Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth
This is radar image of a near-Earth asteroid similar to Apophis. We actually know very little about what Apophis looks like, but its pending flyby in 2029 will provide scientists…
NASA video maps all 72 flights taken by Mars Ingenuity helicopter
NASA has shared a video (above) that maps all of the flights taken on Mars by its trailblazing Ingenuity helicopter. Ingenuity became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight…
NASA needs a new approach for its challenging Mars Sample Return mission
NASA has shared an update on its beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission, admitting that its previous plan was too ambitious and announcing that it will now be looking for new…
Final communications sent to the beloved Ingenuity Mars helicopter
Earlier this year, the beloved Mars helicopter Ingenuity ended its mission after an incredible 72 flights. Originally designed as a technology test intended to perform just five flights, NASA’s helicopter…
NASA Asks for Help in Bringing Back Mars Samples After Mission Becomes Too Expensive
NASA is calling on industry players to come up with an alternative plan to return rocky samples from Mars at a lower cost and an earlier date. Wagner Moura on…
Giant Volcano ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ on Mars
A giant volcano has been found in Mars’ Tharsis plateau, making it the fourth known volcano in the region. Heavily eroded, the 29,600-foot (9,022-meter) volcano has been hiding in plain…
It’s exactly 20 years since a Mars rover took this historic image
This is the first image taken of Earth from the surface of another planet. It was captured by NASA’s Mars rover, Spirit, one hour before sunrise on the 63rd martian…
The NASA Mars helicopter’s work is not done, it turns out
NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has been grounded since January 18 after suffering damage to one of its rotors as it came in to land. The team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion…
Relive Mars rover’s spectacular landing exactly 3 years ago
A screenshot from actual footage of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing on Mars in 2021. NASA/JPL It’s exactly three years since NASA’s rover, Perseverance, touched down on Mars in spectacular fashion.…