An increasing number of nations that have not been traditionally associated with space exploration are currently scrambling to send something to the Moon. Among them is the United Arab Emirates, the ...

NASA has given its Perseverance Mars rover a powerful new ability to determine its exact location on the Red Planet without ...

As part of its 2026-2027 departmental plan, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has cancelled its ambitious lunar rover that ...

Two of NASA's giants of cosmic discovery have been named among the best inventions of the past quarter-century – at least, according to Time magazine. The media company recently assembled a list of ...

HAWTHORNE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab), announced it has reached an agreement with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) for the company to transport Astrolab’s ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has spied a pitted rock face known as "Timboy Chaco" as it explores a region of the Red Planet ...

Robotic space rovers keep getting stuck because the surface of the moon is "fluffier” than on Earth, suggests a new study. Researchers reckon they've finally worked out why the multi-million dollar ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has been tootling across the martian surface since 2012, its lofty quest to determine if Mars ever had environmental conditions suitable for microbial life. While it’s already ...

NASA has just shared one of its most impressive Mars panoramas to date. Captured by its trusty Curiosity rover, the panorama (below) of the Martian landscape comprises 44 images taken by the rover’s ...

MADISON — When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel — as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009 — Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, ...