The precious Mars samples collected by the Perseverance rover could be coming to Earth sooner rather than later. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

What is not controversial is that NASA needs a new spacecraft capable of relaying communications from Mars to Earth. NASA’s ...

Rocket Lab has expanded deeper into space robotics through the acquisition of Motiv Space Systems The deal aims to strengthen Rocket Lab’s push into Mars exploration and orbital infrastructure Motiv ...

The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite has completed assembly at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and is nearly ready for a December delivery to NASA’s Jet Propulsion ...

Even as it hurtles towards an August 5 rendezvous with the red planet, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is being fine-tuned for a more precise landing and better operations once it reaches its ...

Rocket Lab (RKLB) won a $390,936 NASA study contract for Mars telecommunications architecture and is competing to build a $700 million dedicated communications network supporting sample returns and ...

Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has completed the acquisition ...

Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ:RKLB) announced that it delivered two Explorer-class spacecraft to Kennedy Space Flight Center for NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers mission, ...

Each spring, when the winter frost departs, the bulbous bodies and sprawling legs of “spiders” appear across Mars’ southern hemisphere. They’re known as araneiform terrain, and scientists at NASA’s ...

Rocket Lab's MSR study involves two Neutron launches of a sample retrieval lander and Earth return orbiter. Credit: Rocket Lab WASHINGTON — NASA has awarded a contract to Rocket Lab to study ...

Orbiting Mars is the next goal for Rocket Lab USA’s deep dive into outer space. Two twin satellites made by the Long Beach-based company were sent to Kennedy Space Center in Florida for preparations ...