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

[UPDATE: Blue Origin has received clearance from the FAA and is now targeting no earlier than Wednesday, November 12, for launch. If you’re interested in watching a livestream of the launch, Digital Trends has everything you need to know.] NASA’s first ...

The mission showed that astronauts can once again travel beyond low Earth orbit.

If you were to stand on the surface of Mars in two years and look up to the night sky, you might see a bright streak flying across the heavens, followed a few minutes later by another. Rather than flecks of space stuff, they would be satellites on a ...

(CNN) — Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Amazon multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its towering New Glenn rocket on a mission that marked its first major test. Carrying a pair of satellites that are destined to take a long, winding trip to ...

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 ...

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.

Ghanaian robotics engineer at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, continues to make major contributions to space exploration through his work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.