NASA is hiring someone to help figure out how to get Mars rocks back to Earth — and the position pays at least $182,000

The United States and European Space Agencies may start working together towards a joint Mars Sample Return mission that will bring Mars rocks back to Earth. Our dream of setting foot on the Red Planet has.....»»

OSIRIS-REx thrust away from an asteroid called Bennu on Monday, and aims to circle the sun twice before reaching Earth, NASA said. An artist rendering of OSIRIS-REx collecting samples f.....»»

The Long March 5B rocket took off on April 29, and China was criticized because a big chunk made an uncontrolled reentry to Earth . China's Long March 5B rocket takes off from Wenchang Space Launch .....»»

NASA has never flown its own astronauts to and from space for a miss.....»»

Ingenuity has soared over the Martian surface four times. With each flight, the helicopter provides NASA with new photos of the red planet. An artist's concept of NASA's Ingenui.....»»

NASA has never flown its own astronauts to and from space for a mission this long. Now SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship must bring them back to Earth. Flying aboard SpaceX's Crew-1 mission for NASA are astron.....»»

Ingenuity has soared over the Martian surface three times so far. With each flight, the helicopter provides NASA with new photos of the red planet. An artist's concept of N.....»»

As NASA prepared to go back to the moon with SpaceX, Elon Musk and Scott Hubbard, a former NASA Mars program leader, eyed future crewed Mars missions. A photo of Mars.....»»

After a few setbacks, Nasa's helicopter will finally get on its way, following its landing with Perseverance back in February. The Perseverance rover ca.....»»

NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars last month. Microphones on board have recorded sounds of the rover's lasers vaporizing Martian rocks. An image of the Mars surface captured by NASA.....»»

Microphones on NASA's Perseverance rover have recorded audio from Mars' Jezero Crater. You can hear the breeze. The first high-resolution, color image sent back by the Hazard Cameras on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover after it.....»»

Perseverance was equipped with a suite of cameras to film its landing. Now its .....»»

NASA also has the rover's first color photos of the Martian surface, and an image from a spacecraft orbiting Mars that spotted the rover's parachute. A phot.....»»

Before the dust of the landing had even cleared, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover snapped two photos of its new home: Jezero Crater. The first image that NASA's Perseverance rover took on Mars, just seconds after .....»»

The capsule, part of China's Chang'e-5 mission, brought back 4.4 pounds of rocks from a previously unexplored region of the moon. A rendering of the Chang'e-5 probe. CNSA A capsule from China's Chang'e-5 lunar pr.....»»

NASA NASA is hiring a new class of astronauts for its Artemis missions, which aim to set up a station on the moon and send people to Mars. Last time the space agency hired a new.....»»

NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA's InSight lander has detected about 450 Mars quakes sinc.....»»

NASA NASA is hiring a new class of astronauts for its Artemis missions, which aim to set up a station on the moon and send people to Mars. Last time the space agency hired a new class of astronauts, it received 18,000 applicatio.....»»

The miners, about a dozen employees of Quest Energy, a subsidiary of American Resources Corporation, pledged Monday night to hold their position on the track until the company pays their back wages......»»

NASA NASA and private companies like SpaceX want to send people to Mars. A group of scientists suggest in a new paper that we should infect Mars with Earth's microbes before pe.....»»