A researcher may have found a shortcut to Mars as NASA eyes red planet

A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to ...

NASA’s first nuclear-powered spacecraft is heading to Mars, and its bringing helicopters

For years, nuclear propulsion sat in the same category as so many ambitious space ideas, impressive on paper, always a few ...
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Drone radar could help spacecraft pinpoint where to drill for water on Mars, scientists say

Drone-mounted radar flown over glaciers on Earth show how the technology can map buried ice in detail, helping future Mars ...
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Can a Japanese Spacecraft Unlock the Mystery of Mars’ Twin Moons?

The Mars Moons eXploration spacecraft will fire its thrusters to maneuver into orbit around Mars (depicted in this digital art). JAXA. Mars has been studied and scrutinized more t ...