An illustration of the various elements of the overall Mars Sample Return effort. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech WASHINGTON — NASA has selected seven companies to conduct studies of “out of the box ...
On June 7, NASA announced it has chosen a proposal for seven companies that are going to conduct 90-day studies on NASA's one of the most complex missions, the Mars Sample Return (MSR) program.
NASA plans to award contracts to seven companies to study affordable ways to transport rock samples from Mars to Earth. NASA put out a call in April for proposals on how that transport could ...
After two previous launch attempts were called off, the Boeing-built spacecraft was headed to the International Space Station. It will stay there until at least June 14. The Starliner crew before ...
The astronauts are now scheduled to return to Earth on June 18. Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is experiencing five "small" helium leaks as its first astronaut-crewed flight test continues, the ...
A NASA photo authentically shows “otherworldly wreckage" on Mars. Rating: Context: While the photograph is genuine, what it shows is the NASA lander's aeroshell (heat-shielded protective shell ...
The specks in this scene were caused by charged particles from a solar storm hitting a camera aboard NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. Curiosity uses its navigation cameras to try and capture images ...
Boeing launched astronauts for the first time Wednesday, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for NASA. A pair of NASA test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule for ...
The third time was a charm for Boeing’s Starliner capsule, which finally blasted off with astronauts aboard for the first time ever Wednesday, kicking off a long-awaited, high-stakes test flight ...