Space Exploration

Mars One Readies For Robotic Red Planet Mission In 2018

While the world's attention last year was focused on Mars One's audacious plan to send people on a one-way trip…

10 years ago

Memory-Addled Mars Rover Climbs High Above The Red Planet’s Plain

As the Opportunity rover struggles with ongoing problems to its Flash memory, the plucky Martian machine -- almost at its…

10 years ago

How NASA Is Saving Fuel On Its Outer Solar System Missions

While Saturn is far away from us, scientists have just found a way to make the journey there easier. A…

10 years ago

NASA Exoplanet “Travel Posters” Aim To Help With Space Trip Planning

What beauty, and what awesome travel slogans! NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has created a set of "Exoplanet Travel Posters" to…

10 years ago

Robots Exploring Alien Volcanoes? NASA Lab Hopes To Get There One Day

We've seen volcanoes or geysers erupting on the moons of Io and Enceladus. Volcanic remnants remain on Mars and the…

10 years ago

Gallery: Spacesuits Are Amazing Human-Protection Machines

Did you know it's been nearly 50 years since the first spacewalk? On March 18, 1965, Russian Alexei Leonov ventured…

10 years ago

Last Chance to Get Your 2015 Year In Space Calendars!

Still looking for the perfect calendar for this year? Believe it or not, 2015 is now 1.6% over, so don't…

10 years ago

By Boots or Bots? How Shall We Explore?

With robotic spacecraft, we have explored, discovered and expanded our understanding of the Solar System and the Universe at large.…

10 years ago