NASA is looking for volunteers to be part of a year-long simulated Moon and Mars mission.

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A routine pass behind Mars marked the end of an era for one of NASA’s most important space missions. After more than a decade orbiting the Red Planet and delivering groundbreaking insights into its ...

On July 3, 1998, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Nozomi spacecraft on a mission to Mars. This ...

NASA has selected Eric Schmidt-backed Relativity Space for its Aeolus Mars mission. The spacecraft, set to launch in 2028, will study Mars’ atmosphere and weather patterns.

Relativity Space — a rocket maker acquired by former Google executive chair Eric Schmidt last year after stumbling on the path to orbit — might just beat SpaceX to Mars.

NASA has declared that the MAVEN mission has ended after losing contact with its probe six months ago.

Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. On Wednesday, ...

NASA has opened applications for a year-long Moon and Mars analog mission on Earth. The simulation will help shape astronaut safety, mission planning and habitat design for future lunar and Martian ...

What is not controversial is that NASA needs a new spacecraft capable of relaying communications from Mars to Earth. NASA’s best communications relay today is the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which ...

A crewed mission to Mars would rank among the most complex and costly undertakings in human history—and US President Donald Trump has vowed to make it a national priority. That political momentum, ...