Tag: mars
Musk says SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years
(Reuters) - SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said in a...
Are tiny black holes zipping through our solar system? Scientists hope to find out.
A mind-bending hypothesis is gaining traction among scientists: The universe may be teeming with microscopic black holes the size of an atom,...
Aging, overworked and underfunded: NASA faces a dire future, according to experts
Aging infrastructure, short-term thinking, and ambitions that far outstrip its funding are just a few of the problems threatening the future of...
Pete Theisinger, who led Mars rover missions for JPL, dies at 78
Pete Theisinger, the longtime employee of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory who led the Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity rover missions to Mars, died...
Could people turn Mars into another Earth? Here’s what it would take to transform its barren landscape into a life-friendly world
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it...
Volunteers who lived in NASA’s Mars simulation for over a year will finally emerge today
After 378 days inside a mock Mars habitat, the four volunteers for NASA’s yearlong simulation of a stay on the red planet are...