In 1971, the Soviets pulled off the impossible, landing on Mars before anyone else, but the signal lasted just 20 seconds and ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has set a new driving record on Mars, travelling 45.2 kilometres since landing in 2021 and ...

In 1976, NASA's Viking mission became the first American mission to land successfully on Mars and conduct experiments ...

Robert Zubrin thinks colonising space could save humanity. His theories rest on a controversial reading of American history ...

The notion of a moon base, fanciful as it might sound, isn’t new. But this year, under the leadership of Administrator Jared ...

Russia hit at least six energy targets during a night and morning of deadly airstrikes across Ukraine, President Volodymyr ...

A U.S. campus lawsuit points to a global pattern: how male impunity, silence and institutional failure enable sexual violence ...

Cornell bans fraternity parties for academic year. Clip: 10/13/2026 \| 6m 1s Video has Closed Captions \| CC. News Wrap: ...

On 20 October, a rocket will blast off from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA’s) Tanegashima Space Center, flinging a spacecraft the size of a car to Mars. When it arrives, it’ll swoop ...

On October 20, the Japanese space agency JAXA plans to launch its MMX probe to Mars. Its mission is to retrieve a rock sample from Mars’ moon Phobos and bring it back to Earth. On board is a ...

Japan is launching the MMX probe on October 19. It will be the first to land on Phobos, one of Mars' moons, and will return ...

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins has made history as the first Black woman to command a crew into orbit, leading four astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS).