NASA is delaying plans to move the Mars Sample Return program to its next phase of development after an independent review found serious issues with its technical readiness, cost and schedule. Credit: ...

The plan for the tourist camp comes as NASA wants to send humans to Mars. Mars-V is developing a Mars simulation tourist center in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert for 2029. Tourists experience harsh conditions ...

NASA is racing to understand why one of its most seasoned Mars orbiters suddenly fell silent, cutting off a critical scientific and communications lifeline around the Red Planet. The Mars Atmosphere ...

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NASA funds new software to enhance drone navigation over featureless Martian terrain. This initiative supports autonomous ...

Bringing Mars rocks back to earth costs too much, said NASA’s chief administrator on Monday, April 15, adding that the financially strapped, multi-billion-dollar planned mission managed by Pasadena’s ...

The former director of NASA's Ames Research Center was the first head of the Mars exploration program in the US and has promoted the involvement of private companies in the space sector: "It is ...

A complex project aimed at retrieving rock and dirt samples from Mars has long been a top priority for NASA, with proponents arguing the mission could answer the age-old question of whether life once ...

NASA announced today that Mars Program Director, G. Scott Hubbard, has decided to leave that position following a successful year leading the agency’s robotic exploration program. Orlando Figueroa, ...

UTAH, USA — Students at the University of Colorado spent spring break on Mars, or at least the closest thing we have to Mars here on Earth. "I went to Mars. That’s what I’ve been telling everyone," ...

Tourists who are looking for an "extreme adventure" trip may be able to wed their desire for unique travel with a fascination for space in a few years. The experience is part of a venture called "MARS ...