NASA has big, potentially revolutionary plans coming up. On March 24, the agency announced that it wants to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars by the end of 2028. If successful, it would be the first probe to use nuclear propulsion to travel beyond Earth’s orbit.

NASA is officially sending a fleet of robotic helicopters to Mars in 2028.

NASA plans to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars by 2028, a major step for deep space exploration and its planned moon base.

NASA has successfully moved one of its Mars-orbiting spacecraft into a new position to provide prompt confirmation of the upcoming Aug. 5 landing of the new Curiosity rover on the Red Planet. The 11-year-old Mars Odyssey probe performed a six-second ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -The giant New Glenn rocket from billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin launched from Florida on its debut mission for paying customers on Thursday, sending two NASA satellites toward Mars and nailing the ...

After a picture-perfect launch of twin Escapade spacecraft bound for Mars, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket aced landing on a recovery vessel floating in the Atlantic, helping power a revolution in reusable rockets. (Photo by Manuel Mazzanti/NurPhoto via ...

ESPOO, Finland — China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission is entering flight hardware development, targeting a late 2028 launch to seek out biosignatures on the Red Planet. The mission has achieved breakthroughs in key technologies, Liu Jizhong, chief designer of the Tianwen-3 mission, told the press in Beijing March 12.