NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above some clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall as Earth’s largest volcano ...

The origin of life is one of the most fundamental and enduring questions of mankind and one of the three greatest Origin ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts ...

More information: Jack Kingdon, 3 months transit time to Mars for human missions using SpaceX Starship, Scientific Reports (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-00565-7 Provided by Universe Today ...

While a Mars mission is still many years out, the Artemis program will help NASA develop the capabilities it needs to explore the red planet. Joel S. Levine is a research professor in the ...

Past missions, major discoveries. Since the 1960s, humans have sent dozens of spacecraft to study Mars.Early missions were flybys, with spacecraft furiously snapping photos as they zoomed past ...

But the spacecraft still has quite a way to travel—325 million miles along a route that is expected to carry it past Mars by mid-July. Mariner’s mission is manifold.

NASA hedges its bets on costly Mars rock mission. January 7, 2025 2:20 ... But each would still rely on an orbiter being built by the European Space Agency that would capture the sample container ...

NASA's CHAPEA mission was a 378-day Mars simulation in a habitat in Houston. Scientists want to know what challenges astronauts will face on Mars, including extreme isolation. Crew member Ross ...

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