The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it's telling us something about what the planet's ...

"The discovery of perchlorate on Mars by the Phoenix mission has provided a basis for ... Good targets are salt deposits and polar ground ice." This new research has been published in Icarus.

Perchlorate, plus abiotic oxidants, explains the Viking results and there is no requirement to postulate life on Mars. "The discovery of perchlorate on Mars by the Phoenix mission has provided a ...

Intuitive Machines collected some data for NASA before calling an early end of mission at 12:15 a.m. CST Friday.

Intuitive Machine's second mission to the moon, IM-2, is set to launch Wednesday evening from KSC. Onboard is NASA science.

Mars," said Nicky Fox, associate administrator with NASA Science Mission Directorate during a prelaunch press briefing. Onboard this lander are multiple science and technology experiments.

In February 2024, an American spacecraft landed on the moon for the first time in more than 50 years and ushered in a new era of lunar exploration defined by commercial enterprise. The landing ...

The mission was to carry NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar ... the lander and a separate rover. For future missions, a hopper could serve a reconnaissance role, similar to how, on Mars ...

A new study reconsiders the controversial findings of NASA's Viking Mars lander in 1976, which some argue may have shown signs of past life on the Red Planet.

Despite some connection delays postlanding, the lunar lander Athena is officially set to study what lies beneath the moon’s ...

The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition and exact location remain unclear, Intuitive Machines and NASA confirmed.

The Athena spacecraft, which is on a mission ... missions to Mars. If all goes to plan, Athena should be landing on the moon's south pole on Thursday, March 6. The Athena lander got off the ...