NASA orbiter photo shows Curiosity rover on desolate Mars surface
A new image captured recently by a NASA Mars orbiter shows its car-sized Curiosity rover looking tiny and isolated on the desolate Martian surface.
Perseverance rover will soon begin collecting samples from Mars
It’s been a busy week on Mars, and NASA recently shared an update on what the Perseverance rover has been up to.
VIPER rover will brave the coldest regions of the moon to search for water
Before NASA sends humans back to the moon, it plans to send a robotic explorer: The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, rover.
NASA’s Mars helicopter aiming for two records on next flight
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter will take to the Martian skies for the sixth time in the coming days in a flight that will aim to set two records.
Watch NASA’s animation of upcoming Artemis 1 moon mission
NASA is aiming to put the first woman and the next man on the moon in 2024, but the space agency is already generating early buzz around the upcoming endeavor.
NASA is testing out a new laser communications system this summer
As the instruments we send into space get more complex and are able to collect more and more data, we need a more efficient way to send that data back…
Hubble photo shows a cosmic cloud making its very own bright light
The legendary Hubble telescope captured an intriguing cosmic cloud — a cloud that makes its own light. Called an “emissions nebula,” it’s a bright cloud whose gases get excited by…
See the colossal James Webb Space Telescope unfurl its giant, golden mirrors
Engineers commanded the James Webb Space Telescope to unfurl its over 21-foot wide golden mirrors this week, and the crucial test succeeded. The test, shown in the image below, was…
Perseverance rover officially starts its big search for past life…with lasers
Zap. After the Perseverance rover spent its first three months on Mars getting its bearings and serving as an observation post for the successful Ingenuity helicopter flights, NASA announced the…
NASA’s Perseverance rover gets up close and personal with Martian surface
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, which reached the red planet in February, has sent back some incredibly detailed imagery showing the Martian surface up close.