Category: 2. Space

Rovers and orbiters will continue collecting limited data during a two-week communications pause due to the position of Earth, the Sun, and the Red Planet.

NASA will hold off sending commands to its Mars fleet for two weeks, from Nov. 11 to 25,…

The mission team is making sure the robotic scientist, now in its fourth extended mission, is staying strong, despite wear and tear from its 11-year journey.

Four thousand Martian days after setting its wheels in Gale Crater on Aug. 5, 2012,…

The map could help the agency decide where the first astronauts to the Red Planet should land. The more available water, the less missions will need to bring.

Buried ice will be a vital resource for the first people to set foot on Mars,…

According to the giant-impact hypothesis (also known as the Theia Impact), the moon was formed when a giant object such as a protoplanet crashed into the Earth when the solar system was still young.

This celestial object is often referred to as…

On October 14th, 2023, a celestial event will unfold as the Sun, Moon, and Earth, align to create an annular solar eclipse.

An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth, but is positioned near its farthest point…

The six-wheeled geologist spotted the twister as part of an atmospheric exploration of Jezero Crater.

The lower portion of a Martian dust devil was captured moving along the western rim of Mars’ Jezero Crater by NASA’s Perseverance rover on…

By Jessica Barnett

The MAV (Mars Ascent Vehicle) team recently completed wind tunnel testing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in a facility that has been a critical part of NASA missions going all the way back to the Apollo program. 

The…