China’s first Mars landing follows its launch last month of the main section of what will be a permanent space station and a mission that brought back rocks from the moon late last year.
NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter has been given at least an extra month to tackle tough new terrain and support Nasa’s Perseverance Rover, helping with its hunt for signs of life.
SpaceX beat Blue Origin and Dynetics to win the contract and become what NASA called its "most trusted private sector partner."
Noura al Matroushi and her male counterpart Mohammed al Mulla will undergo training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
The six-wheeled, car-sized astrobiology probe put a total of 6.5 metres on its odometer during a half-hour test spin on Mars.
Chinese Tianwen-1 follows NASA’s Perseverance rover, which landed last Thursday near an ancient river delta in Jezero Crater to search for signs of ancient microscopic life.
The footage was captured by several cameras that are part of the Perseverance rover's entry, descent, and landing suite.
A successful space program could be a game changer both in terms of technological advancement and how the region imagines itself.
NASA scientists present striking early images from the picture-perfect landing of the Mars rover Perseverance, including a selfie of the six-wheeled vehicle.
The UAE became the first Arab country in history to place a satellite in Mars orbit.
The autonomously-guided procedure was completed more than 11 minutes earlier, which is how long it takes for radio signals to return to Earth.
A growing number of countries and private companies are developing and expanding their space programs. What does it mean to have so many new actors with extraterrestrial ambitions?
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