With current technology, a one-way trip to Mars would take roughly nine months, covering a distance of around 140 million ...

NASA has plans for a giant leap in its method of space travel, beginning with a nuclear-powered mission to Mars that's ...

The wide strip of land in Utopia Planitia imaged by Mars Express. The dark volcanic material is on the right, while grabens ...

Asteroid study, trip duration to Mars, spacecraft propulsion in space, utilisation of asteroids, and NASA’s approach to ...

Following a December 2025 executive order prioritizing “American space superiority,” NASA is advancing nuclear ...

For decades, nuclear propulsion has been a fixture of aerospace engineering proposals and government studies, always promising, never quite leaving the laboratory. That changes in 2028. NASA announced ...

NASA could be sending a nuclear-powered spacecraft to explore the skies of Mars in two years. The revelation about the new mission and the incredibly fast turnaround time to make it happen was mostly ...

A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraft throughout the solar system was recently put to ...

Star trackers give you attitude but not position relative to other spacecraft or the body you're orbiting. Right now we do "time shared" relay links which works fine for rovers separated by half way ...

A spacecraft exploring the mysteries of Mars has celebrated its 20th anniversary. Since NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived at Mars in 2006, the spacecraft has delivered some of the most ...

New images from the Mars Express spacecraft show ancient volcanic ash spreading across the Red Planet The wide strip of land in Utopia Planitia is imaged by Mars Express. The dark ...