NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to ...

A powerful new electromagnetic thruster has taken a major step forward after a successful high-energy test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fueled by lithium vapor and driven by intense magnetic ...

It’s tough being a robot trekking along the dry, arid terrain of another planet with no humans around. NASA’s Curiosity rover ...

Historic power milestone: The JPL test reached 120 kW, over 25 times the output of NASA’s current top ion engine. Mars ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has successfully tested new rotor blades that surpassed the ...

NASA’s CHAPEA mission, designed to simulate the challenges of long-duration Mars exploration, has now reached a milestone, ...

Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, but the Mars rover Curiosity just keeps on groovin’—even if its handlers had to spend several ...

A round trip from Earth to Mars takes about three years. New research suggests a potential shortcut to Mars, inspired by an asteroid's orbital path, that would reduce the journey to as little as 153 ...

NASA recently shared a photo that details the vastly different landscapes its Curiosity and Perseverance rovers have spent ...