What does it take for a recalcitrant physicist to demand a camera for a spacecraft, against doubters and technical obstacles? For Mariner 4, it resulted in one of the most revolutionary moments in ...

"With six helicopters, Skyfall offers a low-cost solution that multiplies the range we would cover, the data we would collect, and the scientific research we would conduct." A new Mars exploration ...

NASA’s incredible Ingenuity helicopter spent nearly three flying across the surface of Mars, becoming the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth. After ...

Blue Origin's second New Glenn rocket just made a big move. Jeff Bezos' company rolled a New Glenn first stage out to the ...

Sixty years ago today, NASA’s Mariner 4 flew within about 6,000 miles of Mars, capturing the first close-up images of another planet’s surface. The much awaited images were in black and white, ...

The idea of using wind-driven, tumbleweed-inspired rovers to explore Mars has captivated scientists and space enthusiasts alike. A breakthrough study conducted byTeam Tumbleweed and supported by ...

The Tumbleweed Mars rover, a spherical robot propelled by martian winds, has successfully passed crucial technical tests, validating its potential for low-cost, large-scale exploration and a swarm ...

Sixty years ago today, NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft took the first up-close images of Mars, changing humanity's understanding of the Red Planet. The spacecraft was designed and built by the Jet ...

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have some exciting ideas about the future of digital mapping for space exploration. They completed a paper titled ...

Roger C. Wiens, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences in the College of Science, will present his groundbreaking exploration of the Red Planet with instruments that he developed for ...