Today, NASA recovers over 90 percent of the water used in space. Clean water keeps an astronaut crew hydrated, hygienic and fed.

When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel—as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009—Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a series of ...

The Skyfall mission by NASA and Virginia-based AeroVironment plans to send six helicopters to Mars in one go, having all of them landing independently in different places. They will scout for spots ...

Visible on the planet itself is a dark patch near the top, marking the frigid northern polar cap, where temperatures dip to ...

A new study has revealed that many glaciers on Mars are made up of more than 80% pure water ice, hidden beneath a thin layer of dust and rock. This surprising discovery changes how scientists ...

NASA has revealed a concept for the next generation of flight on the Red Planet, the "Mars Chopper." Credit: Space.com | ...

TRACERS launch paves the way for NASA to study magnetic reconnection and how solar activity affects near-Earth space.

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In 2018, t he National Air and Space Museum began renovating its facade and all 20 of its galleries—and on Monday, July 28, ...

The helicopters will scout the Martian surface to help prepare for a human landing on the Red Planet.

The aerospace technology firm on Thursday unveiled the concept, which it described as a system for potential future ...