Thales Alenia Space has won an 862 million euro ($897 million) order from the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver a lunar lander for moon exploration launches to begin in the 2030s, the firm said ...

One of the first men to orbit the Moon has told BBC Radio 5 Live that it's "stupid" to plan manned missions ... are still exploring Mars. Last month the InSight lander, which will sample the ...

Last year, the agency said it was revising plans for the mission due to the estimated cost and long wait time for the samples' return journey to Earth. Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Concept ...

Twenty years before Neil Armstrong uttered his memorable words on the Moon about one small step for man but a giant leap for ...

Along with his criticisms of ongoing manned Mars mission efforts, Anders had some particularly harsh words for the current state of NASA itself. “NASA couldn’t get to the Moon today.

It wants to learn the skills and develop the technology to enable a future human landing on Mars. Bill Anders today. He says Nasa shouldn't be aiming to send manned missions to Mars Anders ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...

NASA's InSight lander mission on Mars has ended. The lander studied Marsquakes and the planet's interior. Dust accumulated on its solar panels, causing power loss. Orbiting spacecraft captured ...

Therefore, a light shining from the surface of Mars would take the following amount of time to reach Earth (or vice versa): Michael Khan is a Senior Mission ... while for a lander, you have ...

a seven-year voyage will take the mission to the asteroid belt beyond Mars, where it will gather invaluable data on the targeted seven asteroids, before finally dispatching the lander to the ...

Related: NASA wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sample Return mission NASA recently deemed this situation unacceptable. In April 2024, agency chief Bill Nelson announced that an overhaul of ...

Call for New Mars Life-Detection Missions Nearly 50 years after the Viking missions, Schulze-Makuch emphasizes the need for updated life-detection missions using modern methods and a better ...