Mars

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Saturday its massive Starship rocket would leave for Mars at the end of 2026 with Tesla humanoid robot Optimus onboard, adding that human landings could follow “as soon as 2029.” “Starship...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has detected its highest concentrations yet of organic molecules, in a potential signal of ancient microbes that scientists are eager to confirm when the rock samples are eventually brought to Earth. While...

China has released the first pictures taken by its Zhurong rover on Mars. The forward view shows the landscape ahead of the robot as it sits on its landing platform; the rear-looking image reveals Zhurong’s solar...

NASA successfully flew the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars on Monday, data downloaded from the aircraft confirmed, reports BSS. “Altimeter data confirms that Ingenuity has performed the first flight of a powered aircraft on another planet,” announced...

More than a century after the first powered flight on Earth, NASA intends to prove it’s possible to replicate the feat on another world. Transported aboard the Mars 2020 spacecraft that arrives at the Red Planet...

The United Arab Emirates has started the journey to Mars as the first Arab country. The spacecraft was launched from the southern Japanese Tanegashima Space Center last Sunday night during Bangladesh time. The unmanned Mars mission...

The first Arab space mission to Mars, armed with probes to examine the Red Planet’s atmosphere, is prepared to inspire the region’s youth and pave the way for scientific breakthroughs, officials said on Tuesday. The unmanned probe Al-Amal —...

The Rolling Stones have rocked stages throughout the world in their more than 50-year career. But now their influence has gone into space after NASA’s Mars InSight Mission named rock on the planet after the band....

On December 11, 2017, US President Donald Trump signed a directive ordering NASA to prepare to return astronauts to the Moon “followed by human missions to Mars and other destinations.” The dates fixed by the space...

NASA has picked an ancient river delta as the landing site for its uncrewed Mars 2020 rover, to hunt for evidence of past life on Earth’s neighboring planet, officials said Monday. Even though the Red Planet...