Mars
Japan launches uncrewed space mission to become first to gather samples from Mars' moon Phobos
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft lifted off aboard an H3 rocket before dawn from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan.
Jordan joins Artemis Accords, int'l principles for exploring Moon, Mars, space, NASA says
Water on Mars? Scientists discover 'bathtub ring' which may reveal contours of ancient ocean
Artemis II astronauts return to Earth after historic crewed mission to the Moon
NASA releases interactive experiences to explore Mars with Perseverance
Explore the Jezero Crater alongside the Preserverance rover and the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter without leaving the planet.
NASA rover Perseverance collects first Martian rock sample
Future missions to Mars, to be jointly conducted by NASA and the European Space Agency, are planned to retrieve these specimens and return them to Earth.
China says Martian rover takes first drive on surface of Red Planet
China joined the United States as the only nations to deploy land vehicles on Mars. The former Soviet Union landed a craft in 1971, but it lost communication seconds later.
Chinese spacecraft successfully lands on surface of Mars
The Tianwen-1 spacecraft landed on a site on the Southern Utopia Plain, "leaving a Chinese footprint on Mars for the first time," Xinhua said
SpaceX Starship rocket prototype achieves first safe landing
The feat marked a key milestone for the private rocket company of billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk in its development of a reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle
Palestinian engineer behind helicopter flight on Mars
The project started in 2014 with different teams in different fields, Elbasyouni said, adding he worked with other NASA engineers as chief engineer for more than four years
NASA extracts breathable oxygen from thin Martian air
The unprecedented extraction of oxygen, literally out of thin air on Mars, was achieved Tuesday by an experimental device aboard Perseverance, a six-wheeled science rover.
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter makes its first flight - Watch
The robot rotorcraft was carried to the red planet strapped to the belly of NASA's Mars rover Perseverance, a mobile astrobiology lab that touched down in February.
UAE to launch moon mission in 2022, alongside Japan's ispace
The team designing the rover is working out of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in Dubai.
Can spaceflights shrink an astronaut's heart? - study
Basing their study on retired astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent almost a year on the International Speace Station (ISS), the scientists found that his heart physically shrank despite exercising.
