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Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in partnership with NASA to build out an experimental nuclear-powered spacecraft that aims to make trips to the moon and Mars more efficient.

Pasadena, CA - NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover sealed the tube containing its 20th rock core sample on June 23rd (the 832nd Martian day, or sol, of the

NASAs Perseverance rover is busy exploring the Red Planet and hunting for signs of ancient life.

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 21, 2023 - In its first 400 days on Mars, NASAs Perseverance rover may have found a diverse collection of organics - carbon-based molecules considered the building blocks of life - thanks to SHERLOC, an innov

In its first 400 days on Mars, the rover may have found a diverse collection of organics

A cutting-edge instrument called SHERLOC, which hunts for molecules potentially related to ancient life, played a key role in a recent study.

The US Senate has slashed the budget for NASA's mission to return soil and rock samples from Mars' surface.

A new Pew survey found that 60% of the U.S. public believes the space agency should prioritize planetary defense.

The majority of the American public seems largely concerned with the threat of incoming asteroids, believing that NASA should prioritize the monitoring of rocky objects that could hit Earth over going to the Moon or Mars, according to a new survey.

For more than two years, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been roaming Mars, drilling for rock samples that may hold clues to ancient life on the Red Planet, but the six-wheeled robot can only travel so far. Luckily, the rover recently got some extra help from a river that once flowed on the surface of Mars.