(2023) India has achieved remarkable successes in unmanned space missions including the Chandrayaan and Mars Orbiter Mission, but has not ventured into manned space mission. What are the main ...

CNSA has made up to 15 kilograms of mass available for international collaboration projects on the mission’s Earth return orbiter (ERO) spacecraft and a further 5 kg on the Mars orbiter (MO).

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed ...

China released on the first day of 2022 a group of new Mars images taken by the Tianwen-1 probe. China's Tianwen-1 mission, consisting of an orbiter, a lander and a rover, was launched on July 23 ...

In his lecture, Levine noted, the United States is planning a human mission to Mars that may begin as early as 2035. The journey will take seven months and over 250 million miles each way.

US President Donald Trump has downplayed the priority of a human mission to Mars, despite earlier support for Elon Musk's colonization vision. This shift in stance coincides with Trump asserting ...

On March 15, Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, announced on X that an uncrewed Mars landing mission will take place by the end of next year. The operation is expected to feature Optimus, a robot ...

Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech In an update on efforts to lower the cost and hasten the schedule for a challenging Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, NASA estimates it is a year to a year and a half ...

Russia could supply a small nuclear power plant for a mission to Mars planned by billionaire entrepreneur and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, President Vladimir Putin's international cooperation envoy said ...

Elon Musk aims to colonize Mars despite challenges such as its extreme climate, thin atmosphere, and lack of liquid water. The mission faces threats like dust storms, radiation exposure ...

In effect, NTP engines could drastically reduce transit times to Mars while reducing overall mission costs and the effects of radiation and zero gravity on astronauts. However, developing and ...