NASA has committed to running two competing landing architectures side by side for its Mars Sample Return mission, a strategy the agency has never attempted for a planetary return campaign. The ...

NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) recently reached some major milestones in support of the Mars Sample Return program. The Mars Ascent Vehicle would be the first launch of a rocket from the surface of ...

According to the white paper, China’s Space Activities in 2016, the Mars sample return mission represents one of the main tasks to be implemented in China’s deep space exploration field in the next 10 ...

It is difficult to emphasize the significance of the milestone surpassed by Nasa's Mars helicopter, Ingenuity. The little (1.8kg) helicopter touched down with the Perseverance rover in 2021. On 25 ...

A scale model of the Mars Ascent Vehicle is loaded by Wind Tunnel Test Engineer Sam Schmitz into the trisonic wind tunnel at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center for testing. The 14-by-14-inch tunnel ...

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos' space exploration company Blue Origin has unveiled a new vehicle that will enable it to help humans reach the Moon as well as Mars. What Happened: The ...

In a Fox News interview, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said humans could be flown to Mars in ‘20 to 30 years.’ Photo: Susan Walsh/Associated Press SpaceX is shifting personnel and resources to its powerful new ...

A development motor based on the second-stage solid rocket motor design for NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle undergoes testing March 29, 2023, at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Elkton, Maryland. The ...

Kevin Olsen in an employee of the University of Oxford and receives funding from the UK Space Agency in support of Mars science. It is difficult to emphasise the significance of the milestone ...