In December, NASA unveiled another concept: an SUV-sized “ Mars Chopper ” with six rotor blades. This larger helicopter would ...

In an exciting development, the plucky helicopter has now inspired Skyfall, a mission concept recently unveiled by Virginia-based AeroVironment (AV) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who ...

The helicopters will scout the Martian surface to help prepare for a human landing on the Red Planet.

Visible on the planet itself is a dark patch near the top, marking the frigid northern polar cap, where temperatures dip to ...

In a remarkable moment during its journey toward Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft managed to capture a stunning ...

AeroVironment and NASA's JPL have shown off a wild concept for deploying six helicopters above the surface of Mars.

Donald Trump plans to scrap Nasa's Mars Sample Return mission – stranding test tubes on the Red Planet and ceding potentially ...

A NASA Mars mission's long and winding road to the launch pad is nearing its end. The twin ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma ...

Planned moon and Mars missions require timely communications and navigation systems, which is prompting NASA officials to ...

A TOP scientist claims she was sacked by Nasa after raising concerns about alien life on Mars. Catharine Conley, the agency’s Planetary Protection Officer from 2006 to 2017, also fears SpaceX ...

Blue Origin's first launch of its New Glenn rocket was supposed to send up a pair of Mars-bound satellites for NASA, but ...

The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.