NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy met with elected officials about Earth science and visited mission control for the Perseverance Mars rover.
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NASA Awards Mars Ascent Propulsion System Contract for Sample Return
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The award moves NASA and ESA a step closer to realizing Mars Sample Return, an ambitious planetary exploration program...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Set to Begin Third Year at Jezero Crater
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After completing the first sample depot on another world, the rover continues its hunt for Mars rocks...
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars
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The mission team is making sure the robotic scientist is staying strong, despite wear and tear from...
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Cracks in Ancient Martian Mud Surprise NASA’s Curiosity Rover Team
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A new paper suggests the same conditions that created the cracks could have been favorable to the...
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NASA’s InSight Lander Detects Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Mars
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The agency’s lander felt the ground shake during the impact while cameras aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the...
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Flight 69 Preview – By the Numbers
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Flight 69 Expected flight date: 12/19/2023 Horizontal flight distance: 702.37 meters Expected flight time: 131.10 seconds Flight altitude: 16 meters Heading: East-northeast...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes 50th Flight
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The history-making rotorcraft has recently been negotiating some of the most hazardous terrain it’s encountered on the...
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NASA Extends Exploration for 8 Planetary Science Missions
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Among the missions are InSight, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Odyssey, and Curiosity, all of which have been critical to...