The U.S. space agency’s Skyfall project calls for sending robotic helicopters to Mars on a nuclear-powered spacecraft before the end of Donald Trump’s presidency

NASA Administrator Jacob Isaacman gave his first post-Artemis II mission interview to Fox and he made it clear that President Trump wants Americans on Mars.

Mars exploration is heating up. NASA eyes sample returns and crewed landings by the 2030s, but its current relay satellites — some decades past design life — struggle with data traffic from rovers, orbiters and future habitats.

NASA revealed Tuesday its plans to build a permanent base on the moon. The space agency also announced a mission plan to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars before the end of 2028. NASA is also just weeks, or perhaps days, away from launching ...

The mission, called Space Reactor 1 Freedom, will test advanced nuclear electric propulsion. Upon reaching Mars, the spacecraft would deploy helicopters to explore the planet from the air. This technology could also be used to power a future longterm base ...

The agency’s new Mars plan reverses the problem of entertaining vendor-driven wish lists that yield little benefit. This week, NASA announced a focused vision to return to the Moon and send missions to Mars. The plan is part of a spending package that ...

NASA’s Psyche mission, launched in 2023, will study a $10,000 quadrillion asteroid, with new research showing that its craters could reveal its true origin.

NASA's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission plans to bring Martian rocks and soil to Earth. This project seeks to understand if Mars was, is, or can be habitable. The mission faces potential budget cuts and competition from China's own sample return effort.