Rovers explore distant planets for decades, where humans can't yet go. Here's how NASA sends updates to these rovers from miles away to keep them running.

NASA is working on finding landing sites for future moon astronauts. Part of the work includes thinking about how to prepare ...

UC student Samuel Hall joins NASA's Mars mission, where Perseverance rover may have found signs of ancient life.

Viking consisted of two twin orbiters and landers, with experimental chambers in the landers to conduct three biology ...

NASA rover Perseverance collected evidence being considered by agency officials as 'the closest we have ever come to ...

HOUSTON—NASA has selected four crewmembers for its second 378-day simulation of living and working on the surface of Mars.

A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.

NASA s last Mars rovers, twins Spirit and Opportunity, weighed much less and were easier to land back in 2004, cocooned in air bags. Curiosity relied on a series of braking tricks, similar to those ...

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy and Nicky Fox, head of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, discuss the paper published ...

Prize: NASA could offer a prize—say $3 billion to the first company and $1 billion to a second company—for delivering ...

Trump's space vision adds to NASA's budget, prioritizing Moon missions and orbital platforms while streamlining the agency's ...