NASA has released a new document that highlights planned programmatic paradigm shifts in Mars exploration over the next 20 years. This plan was prepared for the NASA Science Mission Directorate's Mars ...

NASA is quietly laying the groundwork for a new generation of robots that will not just survive on Mars, but move, scout and ...

Bruce Jakosky is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and University of Washington, has almost 50 ...

NASA teams are testing drones, robot dogs, and new flight software in America’s toughest deserts to prepare for the ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is testing drone navigation software in Death Valley to prepare future rotorcraft for Mars’ terrain.

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...

The European Space Agency expects to decide in February how to address a 20% funding shortfall in its exploration program.

An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on the surface of the Red Planet. Perseverance is gathering samples for return to Earth in the 2030s, but proposed budget cuts could delay or doom ...

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Mobility is the ultimate enabler of science on Mars,” goes the oft-uttered mantra in planetary engineering circles. Now the phrase forms the very foundation of NASA’s newest initiative. A ...

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