NASA is expanding its plans for Mars, looking at not only a big, high-budget, long-term project to bring back a sample from Mars but also smaller, lower-cost missions to enable exploration of the ...

May 1 (UPI) --Officials with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will pay nine companies between $200,000 and $300,000 each to conduct a dozen tests to support future missions to Mars.

NASA has identified nine U.S. companies to perform a total of 12 concept studies of how commercial services can be applied to enable science missions to Mars. Each awardee will receive between $ ...

Explore how NASA’s latest initiative with nine companies for Mars Exploration Program concept studies aims to enhance Martian exploration through innovative technologies. In an exciting development ...

April 25 (UPI) --A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from $5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return ...

NASA has selected nine companies to perform initial studies of how commercial services can be applied to enable science missions to Mars. The U.S. companies will perform a total of 12 concept studies, ...

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NASA solicited proposals for studies of commercial approaches to carrying out some aspects of Mars exploration, including delivery of payloads and communications and imaging services. Credit: NASA ...

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — NASA has awarded the Consolidated Agency Technology Transfer Services contract to Summit Technologies & Solutions, Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia, to provide ...

Our world is advanced enough for us to believe we've pretty much uncovered all there is to uncover in the realm of materials. Yet, with the recent arrival of new technologies, including the ...