MAVEN was the first successful mission designed to study the atmosphere of Mars. It also became a vital node of NASA’s ...

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft was in excellent shape when it disappeared behind Mars on December 6 of last year. The routine ...

The mission, called Space Reactor 1 Freedom, will test advanced nuclear electric propulsion. Upon reaching Mars, the spacecraft would deploy helicopters to explore the planet from the air. This ...

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 round trip from Earth to Mars takes about three years. New research suggests a potential shortcut to Mars, inspired by an asteroid's orbital path, that would reduce the journey to as little as 153 ...