STARBASE, Texas — During a presentation, SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk shared how he plans to use Starship to reach the planet Mars, and how in a few short years, there is a chance humans could ...

Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. On Wednesday, ...

NASA has officially lost a decade-old Mars orbiter that performed vital scientific and communications work at the Red Planet. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, which launched ...

When SpaceX released its investor prospectus last week, it revealed an unusual condition in the compensation deal for CEO Elon Musk: In order for him to earn performance-based shares, the company has ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has stumbled across an unusual sight: a stack of rocks on the ...

NASA released a much-anticipated contract solicitation for a Mars-orbiting spacecraft late last week, kicking off what is sure to be a hotly contested and potentially controversial procurement. At ...

For NASA’s Psyche mission, the path to the metallic asteroid of the same name lies on the other side of Mars. The mission launched in 2023 and has spent the intervening years looping through the inner ...

Jezero Crater’s rocks reveal three stages of water activity, shifting from hostile acidic fluids to more life-friendly alkaline ones. Perseverance’s discoveries guide future sampling and strengthen ...

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Whether it's robotic rovers heading to Mars or, one day, a crew of astronauts, a round-trip journey is an incredibly long one. But there may be a way to find a shortcut. A new study published in the ...

Researchers found geological features that suggest a massive ocean once covered a third of the planet. NASA's Curiosity rover discovered seven organic molecules never before seen on Mars. These ...

Mars may have once had an ocean so vast that it covered one-third of the planet before evaporating billions of years ago and leaving behind a telltale sign: a flat band of land, outlining the former ...