Mars

NASA Makes History With First Helicopter Flight On Another Planet

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration made history Monday morning when it conducted the first ever powered and controlled flight…

4 years ago

Watch Live: NASA Holds Perseverance Post-Landing Briefing – 2/18/21

NASA has scheduled a post-landing briefing Thursday to discuss what they have learned since Perseverance touched down on Mars. The…

4 years ago

SUCCESS! NASA’s Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars

NASA's Perseverance Rover successfully landed on Mars after a less than 10-minute descent from space that began just before 4…

4 years ago

United Launch Alliance Atlas V Successfully Launches Mars 2020 Mission for NASA

Launch Marks ULA’s 20th Mission to the Red PlanetA United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars 2020…

5 years ago

Watch: NASA and ULA Launch New Mission to Mars

NASA is set to launch its Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity Helicopter to Mars on Thursday. The Rover will head to…

5 years ago

NASA Announces Finalists in Competition to Build Shelters On Mars

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced on Thursday the three final teams who will compete for the privilege of…

6 years ago

NASA Begins America’s New Moon to Mars Exploration Approach in 2018

NASA welcomed a new administrator, Jim Bridenstine, deputy administrator, Jim Morhard, and chief financial officer, Jeff DeWit, in 2018. Their focus is on…

6 years ago

Watch: NASA engineers successfully land InSight robotic spacecraft on Mars

See inside mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as signals return from the InSight mission as it lands on…

7 years ago

There Is A Strange, ‘Plume-Like’ Cloud Hanging Over Mars

A “curious” plume-shaped cloud that appeared near Mars’s equator is growing and now casts a long trail from an alien volcano, Oct.…

7 years ago

NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars

NASA is sending something to Mars that no one before has, a helicopter. The Mars Helicopter will be included in…

7 years ago

What is NASA’s InSight Mars Mission? [Launch Video and Info]

InSight, the first planetary mission to take off from the West Coast, launched at 4:05 a.m. PDT (7:05 a.m. EDT)…

7 years ago

Watch Live: SpaceX takes Budweiser on Next Step to Be First Beer on Mars

update: The launch has been postponed until Friday at 8:46 a.m. PST. Live Stream will start at 7:30 a.m. PST.…

7 years ago

NASA Tests RS-25 Rocket Engine – The Engine to Mars

NASA conducted a 500-second test Thursday afternoon of an upgraded Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 rocket engine that will power future spaceflights…

8 years ago

This is why it’s so hard to land on Mars [video]

Of all the planets and moons we have landed upon, Mars has the lowest success rate, but why? https://youtu.be/h2nqgKL2JQU

8 years ago