China plans to complete a new-generation geologic map of Mars by the end of 2028, aiming to reconstruct the red planet's ...

After a picture-perfect launch of twin Escapade spacecraft bound for Mars, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket aced landing on a recovery vessel floating in the Atlantic, helping power a revolution in ...

Blue Origin scrubbed a launch attempt of the NG-2 mission on Nov. 9, 2025, due to cumulus clouds in the area. Image: Spaceflight Now Update Nov. 9, 5 p.m. EST (2200 UTC): Blue Origin scrubbed the ...

NASA’s ESCAPADE is the first UC Berkeley-led planetary mission. Its two identical satellites will provide an unprecedented stereo view of Mars’ magnetosphere. Mapping the ionosphere and space ...

A crewed mission to Mars would rank among the most complex and costly undertakings in human history—and US President Donald Trump has vowed to make it a national priority. That political momentum, ...

New Glenn, the towering orbital rocket that Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin designed to compete with SpaceX’s dominant Falcon rockets, is back for its second launch ever — this time with a job to send twin ...

The plaque, unveiled at the M Shed in Bristol, recognises Colin Pillinger who led the 2003 probe mission to Mars.

The agency's shift of focus could mean turning to SpaceX's Starship for a mission to Mars in 2026. Reading time 3 minutes NASA is considering launching missions to Mars as early as next year in an ...

If you were to stand on the surface of Mars in two years and look up to the night sky, you might see a bright streak flying across the heavens, followed a few minutes later by another. Rather than ...

China is closing the spaceflight technology gap with the U.S. For the past decade it has been dedicating significant resources and pooling expertise to establish itself as a dominant player in space ...

The U.S. space agency has opened applications for a 14-month mission. The goal isn't to study Mars, but to understand how the ...