The most significant change since those 1970's experiments were conducted was the discovery of high levels of perchlorate on Mars. Perchlorate, plus abiotic oxidants, explains the Viking results and ...

The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition and exact location remain unclear, Intuitive Machines ...

The Houston-based company put its Athena spacecraft on the moon just after 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site is closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, managed by Texas company Firefly Aerospace, touched down Sunday morning on the moon's near side.

These studies show that Mars is bombarded by meteorites far more often than previously thought — about 2.5 times more ...

For the second time in two years, a commercial lunar lander built and operated by Intuitive Machines has fallen over on the ...

The Blue Ghost spacecraft has landed on the Moon, making history as the first private lander to “successfully” achieve this ...

If its lander, named Athena, manages to launch on schedule Wednesday ... a crucial pit stop to prepare U.S. astronauts and their vehicles to travel onward to Mars.

Intuitive Machines' second moon lander was launched on Wednesday atop a SpaceX rocket, setting off for the latest private U.S. moonshot one year after the company's first attempt ended early with a ...

Water once existed in abundance of at the surface of Mars. How much of that water has been stored in the planet's crust is still unclear, according to a new analysis.

Hitching a ride aboard the lunar lander is a fleet of technology that ... hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel to make expeditions to Mars possible. “Human exploration of the Moon and deep ...

Their life detection experimental findings still reverberate within the scientific community – fueling the on-going discussion on a key question: Is there life on Mars? Fast forward to today ...