There is also a real possibility that China could overtake the US in solar system exploration. Nasa’s science programme is ...

Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new proposal to take over NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission for less than half the ...

China has conducted two spacewalks from its Tiangong space station in as many months and is advancing on its lunar ...

The ashes were lost alongside a collection of cannabis plant matter and seeds donated by a citizen science project seeking to ...

Drilling two meters deep for sampling will be a world first,” said Hou Zengqian, China’s chief scientist on the Tianwen-3 ...

China’s lunar ambitions have evolved from symbolic flag planting to a systematic push for permanent space infrastructure.

(Web Desk) - A space capsule carrying the remains of 166 people and a bounty of cannabis plants has been lost at sea ...

A SPACE capsule carrying the remains of 166 people and a bounty of cannabis plants has been lost at sea following a surprise ...

The remains of more than 160 deceased people reached orbit yesterday on a spacecraft that hitched a ride on a SpaceX rocket.

But Mars 2020 is people-free, and the landing must unfurl without help from Mission Control, because there’s more than a 10-minute communications lag with Earth.

Robert Zubrin, the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, predicts SpaceX’s Starship will win the race to speed astronauts to Mars, but not until 2031.

The now-defunct Mars helicopter Ingenuity flew over and snapped pictures in April 2022 of debris flung onto the Red Planet by the Perseverance rover's landing capsule. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech ...