This year, private space companies were put to the test. Some thrived under pressure, while others crashed and burned.

Whoever controls the rocket ships controls the colony. Musk would likely write the "Martian Constitution" on ... tethering of governments to his supply chains? Satellite Sovereignty: Starlink ...

Shining above the rolling hills of the red planet, the sun is seen here, over-exposed, hanging in the hazy Martian sky ... the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...

Dozens of samples of rock and sediment collected from Mars that could be used to detect ancient microbial life could be ...

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which flew on Mars in April 2021, became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth.

It would have the ability to carry science payloads of up to 11 pounds and cover a range of up to 1.9 miles per Martian day. The increased size and payload capacity would allow this new helicopter ...

20th Century Fox was all about casting Channing Tatum in The Martian. The studio was riding high on Tatum’s star power after 21 Jump Street and Magic Mike, but there was just one little hitch.

Flying on Mars is daunting. The Martian atmosphere is quite thin, with a volume about one percent of Earth's. This makes it difficult to generate the lift needed for flight. To take to the air ...

NASA's mapping of Mars now bears the names of three iconic Algerian national parks, Algerian physicist Noureddine Melikechi, a member of the US space agency's largest Mars probe mission, has told AFP.

Eleventh-hour launch licenses that the Federal Aviation Administration just issued to Blue Origin and to SpaceX are setting the stage for space billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to supercharge ...