However, NASA has apparently rejected the company's Mars Sample Return mission proposal. Why? "We don't want to poke anyone in the eye," says Richard French, Vice President, Business Development and ...

This finding challenges our current understanding of Mars as a perpetually cold, dry world. The team found more than 4,000 of these white rocks and pebbles scattered across the Martian surface.

According to scientists, Lake Salda is the only place on Earth that’s analogous to the Jezero Crater on Mars. It’s a fact that has piqued the interest in space scientists at a time when ...

"And we will pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars," he said during his Jan. 20 inauguration speech.

The latest SpaceX launch of Starship, the largest rocket ever built ... But the ultimate goal of Starship is to get humans to Mars. Elon Musk founded SpaceX with the dream of making life ...

Such last-minute assembly is not common in the world of rocketry. Huot said the company opted to wait to stack the rocket system in an effort to continue chasing the goal of making Starship as ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship sits on the pad after it’s test flight from Starbase was scrubbed in Boca ...

The race to develop a powerful rocket engine capable of reaching Mars in just 30 to 60 days has intensified, with Russia unveiling a groundbreaking plasma electric rocket engine. Developed by ...

The first of three "You Create" kits was made available for purchase online starting Thursday, March 6 for $100. Additional details about the Barbie's newest line will be released through a ...

On Monday, the Australian Space Agency said it was expecting a Russian rocket's re-entry into international waters off the south-east coast of Tasmania between 9am on March 3 and 11am on March 7.

Russia has introduced a plasma electric rocket engine that could transform space travel. This technology may reduce the journey to Mars to just 30-60 days. Current missions take nearly a year ...

This is the upper stage that will head toward orbit, and ultimately could carry people to the moon or even Mars. In six tests before the seventh flight, SpaceX demonstrated that the rocket’s ...