Could humanity be just a few short years away from its first cosmic pioneers stepping foot on Mars? If tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has anything to say about it, yes. Musk, the billionaire founder of ...

When Spirit dropped through the thin Martian air and bounced to a stop inside Gusev Crater, it did more than survive a high‑risk landing. It opened a new era in which rovers became the primary way ...

NASA and Elon Musk are racing toward the same destination, but they are not running the same race. While SpaceX talks in terms of the next launch window, NASA is quietly building a layered campaign of ...

ARLINGTON, Va., July 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV), a global leader in intelligent, multi-domain autonomous systems, revealed Skyfall—a potential future mission concept ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released today (Dec. 9) from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and ...

A new emphasis on Mars exploration was clear from the very beginning of the second Trump administration. “We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the ...