Mars Odyssey spacecraft pulls a sideways maneuver to capture the planet’s horizon
A new image from a NASA orbiter shows an unusual view of Mars that captures the planet’s horizon complete with clouds. It is similar to the kinds of views of…
California Legislators Slam ‘Rash’ NASA Cuts to Marquee Mars Mission
Six California lawmakers wrote to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson last week to oppose the agency’s recent cuts to the Mars Sample Return mission, which aims to bring samples collected by…
NASA engineers testing successor to Ingenuity helicopter rotors
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter has been more successful than anyone dared hope, lasting far, far beyond its originally planned five flights. The little helicopter recently made its 66th flight and…
The Curiosity rover reaches a milestone on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover, which is currently exploring Mars’ Gale Crater, recently marked an impressive milestone: 4,000 days on Mars. The rover landed more than a decade ago on August 5,…
NASA’s Mars helicopter just did something it’s never done before
NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has surpassed the mission team’s expectations for the diminutive drone-like machine. Ever since its maiden flight over the martian surface in April 2021 in which it…
Map of Mars shows the location of ice beneath the planet’s surface
One of the challenges of sending human explorers to Mars is that, due to the logistics of the journey, they will have to be on the planet’s surface for considerably…
Detailed Mars Water Map Shows Where to Land Future Explorers
A new map of subsurface water on Mars just dropped, and it reveals regions on the Red Planet where ice may be buried beneath the surface for future astronauts to…
NASA to Rewrite Mars Sample Return Mission So It Can Actually Happen
NASA is considering alternative ways to bring back samples from Mars after its budget and schedule for the sample return mission was deemed unrealistic in a recent report by an…
NASA’s Mars drone just set another flight record
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has just flown faster than ever over the surface of Mars. The drone-like flying machine reached a speed of 10 meters per second (22.4 mph) during its…
For All Mankind’s Season 4 Trailer Introduces a New Space Race
They’ve raced for the moon, they’ve raced for Mars, and now the astronauts of For All Mankind are racing after an asteroid. The first trailer for season four of Apple…