The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Airbus the contract to design and construct the landing platform for the ExoMars ...

As Mars discussions between the European Space Agency and NASA deepened in 2008 and 2009, the mission's launch vehicle changed to an Atlas V rocket built by US-based United Launch Alliance. Then, just ...

Airbus has won a contract to build the lander for Europe's first Mars rover. The UK firm has replaced Russia's space agency ...

All three authors are from the space science division of NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California, near San Francisco. "With Mars sample return on the horizon and the prospect of ...

Firefly, an American company, made a soft landing on the moon, becoming the second private company to do so. In collaboration with NASA, it’s a key step for future moon and Mars missions.

Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years.

Martian dust contains hazardous substances like silica, perchlorates, nanophase iron oxides and toxic metals, which can cause ...

This research contradicts previous studies using Marsquake data from NASA’s InSight Mars Lander, which supported the belief that the Red Planet has a liquid core. Many geoscientists also argue ...

The area is thought to contain ice-rich deposits that could hold promise for future manned crews for conversion to drinkable water and oxygen. In addition to the lander's position on its side ...

If Mars becomes a human colony is anyone’s guess. Musk said 2016 that it would take 40 to 100 years to have a self-sustaining civilization on the planet. While Mars is quite barren, dusty, and chilly, ...

The lander will include a braking propulsion ... The rover is now scheduled to launch in 2028 aboard a NASA-provided rocket and land in 2030, avoiding Mars' global dust season.