The University of Arizona conceived of and ran the Phoenix mission, which landed near the north pole of Mars in May of 2008; it is the first Mars mission ever led by a university. Usage only ...

A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...

including those of NASA's Perseverance and Curiosity rovers, which are still exploring Mars, as well as inactive missions, like the Spirit and Opportunity rovers and the Phoenix lander.

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It’s historic,” Mc Keown said, noting that the wine barrel-size chamber was used to test a prototype of a rasping tool ...

For the past week, an uncrewed lunar lander has been journeying through outer space on a 60-day mission to the moon on behalf ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...

On January 27, 1967, Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. On January 27, 1967, Apollo 1 ...

NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of the ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander launched at 1:11 a.m. Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...