Orbital dynamics show that President Trump’s pledge to land astronauts on Mars couldn’t happen until 2029 at the earliest.

Mars sample return tube Instead, NASA and their international partners have been working to distribute the cost and complexity of the mission among several different vehicles. In fact, the first ...

Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern. The prospect of leftovers from space hotfooting into the Earth's ...

“We think we’re the organization that can bring these Mars samples home ... from its Neutron launch vehicle to its work with Varda Space Industries on its reentry vehicle and on the Victus ...

European startup Atmos Space Cargo has received the regulatory approvals it needs for its first mission to demonstrate ...

This tweak is designed to reduce the strain on the flaps during reentry ... the Starship vehicles “will be staying in space for long duration missions to go to the moon or Mars or become ...

SpaceX lost contact with its Starship rocket on reentry over the Indian Ocean ... to return humanity to the Moon—then look onward to Mars." The rocket is being tested as the company pushes ...