NASA is working on a groundbreaking nuclear electric propulsion system that could dramatically speed up trips to Mars. The ...

In what appears to be a jab at NASA ... on Mars. For example, Rocket Lab said, it built the solar panels that powered Perseverance’s cruise stage spacecraft and the Ingenuity Mars helicopter.

Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of wheels. NASA’s Perseverance rover, for example, sports thick aluminum ones covered in cleats to enhance its traction and ...

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image of its 26th collected rock sample, named “Silver Mountain,” using its onboard Sample Caching System Camera, located inside the rover’s ...

The trip to Mars and back is not one for the faint ... journey in a relatively quick two years. One option NASA is exploring is nuclear electric propulsion, which employs a nuclear reactor to ...

Why it matters: The journey all the way to Mars and back exacts a huge ... trip a relatively trim two-year endeavor. NASA is working on a nuclear electric propulsion system that would involve ...

NASA's Perseverance Rover has made a remarkable discovery - a new sample collected from Mars "unlike anything we've ever seen before." The sample known as "Silver Mountain", is a rock core and the ...

For nearly half a century, NASA has been talking an awfully good game about its much-heralded Mars Sample Return (MSR) project. As long ago as 1978, the space agency requested funding to develop a ...