Mars

NASA’s Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, sent back on-board video of its 25th and longest flight above the Martian surface.

Team’s Ingenuity aircraft completed world’s first powered-controlled flight on another planet.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (FLYING) — The world’s most powerful rocket has made its way to the launchpad—with its sights set on the moon. NASA’s Artemis I rocket, including its Space Launch System (SLS), was unveiled to the public Thursday, sitting atop the agency’s massive crawler transporter. Hundreds of space enthusiasts lined up near the Vehicle […]

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on FreightWaves.com. Development of spaceships that can operate in the Mars environment is providing lessons for scientists exploring rockets that could deliver cargo across the Earth in an hour, the new head of U.S. Transportation Command said. USTRANSCOM is responsible for surface, maritime, and air delivery of equipment and […]

NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to build the first rocket to be fired on another planet for the Mars Sample Return Program.

A shortage of astronauts may affect upcoming NASA missions on the International Space Station and beyond during the next five years.

NASA has announced its next class of astronauts for the upcoming Artemis missions to the lunar surface, and eventually, Mars.

SpaceX has set some lofty goals to develop the world’s most powerful launch vehicle, capable of sending crew and cargo to the Martian surface. The spacecraft, Starship, and its Super Heavy rocket will be launched from the Boca Chica Launch Site in Cameron County, Texas—if it can gain approval from the FAA. Next week, the […]

One hundred and seventeen years ago the Wright Brothers successfully conducted the first powered flight on Earth. Today, NASA reported its solar-powered Ingenuity helicopter, part of its Mars Perseverance rover that arrived on the planet in February, successfully lifted off from the red planet at 3:34 a.m. EST, marking it, “the first aircraft in history […]

One sol equals one solar day on Mars—and that’s about 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35 seconds in Earth time. April 4 was officially “Sol 43” since NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on the fourth planet from the sun—and on that day, the drone rotorcraft Ingenuity separated from its mother ship, making the small leap to […]