MARS

The first-ever orbital test flight of SpaceX's huge Starship rocket may be just around the corner.

Despite all the dangers of its rugged surface, our simulated Mars base at the Haughton-Mars Project in the Arctic is inhabited by magic.

On the anniversary of President Kennedy's speech on the race to the moon, we look at the dramatic advances in U.S. space science, from commercial flights and missions to Mars to the Webb telescope.

A new way of teaching science can give students a chance to learn how science really makes its way forward and offer them a chance to mix it up themselves.

Strap in and prepare yourself for a deep dive into The Expanse and its role in sci-fi.

After Monday's postponement, the US space agency thinks it has a strategy to launch at the weekend.

The space agency's long-awaited Artemis I mission is set for liftoff Monday. It is the first of three missions set to culminate with landing astronauts on the lunar south pole as early as 2025.

For someone who has pored over images of Mars for years, it was quite easy to believe you were on that planet at the Haughton-Mars Project base in the Arctic.

On day six it was time for our first traverse away from the Haughton-Mars Project base on Devon Island in the Arctic.

The Haughton-Mars Project is planting flags and leaving footprints, but in a very different way than Apollo astronauts did on the moon.

On the morning of Friday (Aug. 18), the moon and Mars will both be visible in the eastern sky.

The Haughton-Mars Project in the Arctic simulates the experience of living for a month on the Red Planet.

A prototype of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) has completed a movement test on a simulation of the lunar surface.

Today (Aug. 9), President Joe Biden signed into law the CHIPS Act, which includes a NASA authorization bill — the first one to pass Congress in five years.

Ten years ago today, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover successfully commenced its mission to explore the possibility of life on mars. Here's what it has discovered.

Terraforming Mars is a detailed game, which reveals new elements with every replay – but not everyone will enjoy the pace of the final rounds.

Mars will begin to approach Uranus early Sunday morning (July 31). The pair will be close enough to share the same field of view as seen through binoculars.

Swiss architects team up with students to design a space habitat that can fit inside SpaceX's Starship.

A suit has been filed against the maker of Skittles over titanium dioxide, a color additive that has been on the market for decades but which has been banned in food by European authorities.

NASA engineer Nagin Cox lives on Earth but works on Mars time, where days are longer and time works differently. Her work with the rovers has entirely changed the way she thinks about time on Earth.

In the early hours of Thursday (July 21) morning, the waning crescent moon will pass close to Mars. They will be close enough to share the view in binoculars.

Here's how to observe these solar system worlds overnight Wednesday (July 20) and Thursday (July 21).

A lawsuit against the maker of Skittles lawsuit targets the use of titanium dioxide.

The complaint accuses Mars Inc. of breaking its 2016 promise to phase out the use of titanium dioxide and artificial coloring in its products.

Does Mars need a constitution? Eventually, but there are more urgent questions to address first, such as how to get there.

How will the stars in July 2022 affect your sign? Read on for your July horoscopes and a list of astrological events this month, like the full moon, the new moon, and Jupiter retrograde.

The rare sight of five bright planets lining up with the moon wowed skywatchers around the world Friday.

NASA officials held a teleconference Friday to talk about what’s next for the Artemis I moon mission, forecasting the first flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket no earlier than in late August.

The last time the five planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – were in alignment in their order from the sun was Dec. 2004.

A rare planetary alignment will peak predawn on Friday (June 24) when the crescent moon joins the party. An alignment like this will not occur again until 2040.

The Royal Palm Beach resident didn't have a license to carry his handgun.

ORLANDO, Fla. — You’ll want to look to the skies this weekend. A parade of planets will be happening above. According to AccuWeather, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn have lined up in the early morning sky. READ: Strawberry supermoon 2022: 10 stunning photos of June’s full moonTo catch a glimpse of the “parade,” look to the southeast sky before sunrise through the weekend. READ: Kennedy Space Center celebrates 60-year legacy while looking to the futureA telescope is not required to view the unique grouping of planets.

The moon approaches Mars in the predawn sky on Wednesday (June 22). The pair will be visible in the same field of view using a pair of binoculars.

The five naked-eye planets will line up in their proper orbital order, along with the moon, in June 2022. Here's what to expect for this rare planetary alignment.

“NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover — please tidy up after yourself.”

NASA's Artemis program has inspired a new exhibit and annual Moon2Mars festival at Space Center Houston, the agency's Texas visitor center.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn joined up in the southeastern predawn sky this month but will soon "break up," appearing more spread out across the morning sky before dipping out of view enti

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are lining up – in that order – for the first time since December 2004.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are lining up – in that order – for the first time since December 2004.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are lining up – in that order – for the first time since December 2004.

The crater is believed to be 3.7 billion years old.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be sequentially aligned and visible at dawn throughout June. The last time this happened was in 2004.

Five planets are set to align this weekend, giving skywatchers the rare opportunity to see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn with the naked eye.

NASA is hailing the Perseverance rover's improved ability to pick its own targets as a way of speeding up science on Mars.

Just a few months ago, we were confidently expecting to launch our rover, Rosalind Franklin, to Mars in September as part of the ExoMars mission, a collaboration between Europe and Russia.

See Mars and Jupiter appear to practically high-five each other in the early-morning sky this Memorial Day weekend.

Mars undergoes massive seasonal dust storms, which scientists are still working to understand.

Large amounts of dust that help give the Red Planet Mars its butterscotch-pink sky is being blown into the atmosphere by whirling dust devils and occasional but powerful gusts of wind, NASA's Persever

Mars has almost no oxygen; it's only one-tenth of 1% of the air, not nearly enough for humans to survive.

This week, Musk said political attacks on him would "escalate dramatically in coming months" and called Democrats the "party of division and hate."

The InSight lander is succumbing to dust on its solar panels, but the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers are going strong, thanks to nuclear power.

A NASA spacecraft on Mars is losing power and is headed for a dusty demise.

Astronomers have unveiled the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

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The Biden Administration is requesting $26 billion for NASA in 2023, up $2 billion from the previous year. How much money NASA actually gets will be decided by Congress.

Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe will no longer be attempting to send its first rover to Mars this year.

NASA is preparing to roll out its Space Launch System rocket this week for a critical test of its engine.

The European Space Agency says the launch this year of a joint mission with Russia to Mars is now “very unlikely” due to sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine.

Toyota says it's working with Japan’s space agency on a vehicle to explore the lunar surface, with ambitions to help people live on the moon by 2040 and eventually live on Mars.

Candy maker Mars is giving a makeover to its six M&M’s characters as a way to promote inclusivity.

Scientists have concluded that a meteorite from Mars contains no evidence of ancient Martian life.

There are always noteworthy things to look up for on any given night, but these are the top events worth marking in your calendar as we venture through the new year.

As the historic year of spaceflight closes, 2022 will target new achievements.

If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the U.S. government wants to hear about it.

NASA announced the fourth crew member heading to the international space station will include Jessica Watkins. This will make her the first black female astronaut to join the crew for a long-term mission.

The space race is in full throttle.

The United Arab Emirates has announced plans to send a probe to land on an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter to collect data on the origins of the universe.

China's Mars rover is soldiering on after completing its initial program to explore the red planet and search for whether it once supported life.

NASA’s newest Mars rover has come up empty in its first attempt to pick up a rock sample to eventually be brought back to Earth.

NASA is teaming up with the maker of Tide to figure out how to do laundry in space.

The dusty, rocky Martian surface and a Chinese rover and lander bearing small national flags were seen in photos the rover took on the red planet.

Relativity Space is revealing new details about its larger Terran R rocket, which could compete with SpaceX’s workhorse rocket, the Falcon 9.

NASA's little Mars helicopter is safely on the ground following a wild, lurching ride caused by a navigation timing error.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has picked a date to step down as CEO.

China says its Mars probe and accompanying rover are expected to land on the red planet sometime between Saturday and Wednesday Beijing time.

Pending clear a sky, space will be putting on a show for us down on Earth as three planets are now visible in the evening..

NASA is sharing sounds of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air.

Space-related news is not just flowing from the world’s richest, biggest nations.

NASA's little Mars helicopter is getting an extra month of flying.

Let the “Florida education” jokes begin.

The Orlando Police Department is looking for a missing 73-year-old veteran who was last seen April 20.

The brain behind Tesla and SpaceX gave a dire warning for anyone hoping to be among the first to travel to Mars.

China says it will launch its next robot lunar lander in 2024, and it will carry equipment from France, Sweden, Russia and Italy.

China's space agency says its first Mars rover will be named Zhurong after a traditional fire god.

NASA's little Mars helicopter has aced its second test flight.

Police are investigating a fatal crash in North Ocala.

NASA's experimental Mars helicopter has taken flight.

A car crashed into a store in Ormond Beach.

A Kissimmee man was killed in a single-vehicle wreck in Orange County, the FHP says.

Orlando police investigate a fatal crash involving a pedestrian.

After the flight of NASA’s tiny helicopter was delayed last week, the agency set the date for the first Mars helicopter flight.

NASA has again delayed the Wright Brothers moment for its tiny helicopter on Mars as teams continue to troubleshoot issues ahead of its first flight on another world.

NASA is set to mark a major milestone in its mission on Mars this weekend.

NASA has pushed back the target date for the first flight of its tiny helicopter on Mars to next week.

Ingenuity's teams are preparing to fly the helicopter for the first time as soon as April 11.

A visitor to an exhibition looks at a display with a replica of the Chinese Mars Rover of the Tianwen-1 spacecraft in Beijing on March 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)BEIJING – As their respective spacecrafts headed to Mars, China and the U.S. held consultations earlier this year in a somewhat unusual series of exchanges between the rivals. China's National Space Agency confirmed Wednesday that it had working-level meetings and communications with NASA from January to March “to ensure the flight safety" of their crafts. U.S. law bans almost all contacts between NASA and China over concerns about technology theft and the secretive, military-backed nature of China’s space program. China's Tianwen-1 is orbiting Mars in preparation for a landing in May or June.

A brief overview of the wild weather on Mars

The helicopter, nicknamed Ingenuity, arrived on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, hitching along for the ride with NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover. During a media briefing Tuesday, Ingenuity and Perseverance team members revealed they are targeting around April 8 for the first flight. [MORE COVERAGE: NASA rover gets rolling on Mars from its landing spot named for late author Octavia Butler | Mars rover sends back grinding, squealing sounds of driving]NASA's Ingenuity helicopter airfield on Mars within the Jezero Crater. (Image: NASA JPL) (WKMG 2021)“We really scoured this area. The Mars Helicopter Delivery System holds the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to the underside of Perseverance.

7, 2021 photo provided by NASA shows tire tracks left by the Mars Perseverance rover. The rover has sent back the first-ever sounds of driving on the red planet. “If I heard these sounds driving my car, I’d pull over and call for a tow,” Dave Gruel, an engineer on the rover team, said in a written NASA statement. This second mike didn't pick up any sounds of the rover's arrival at Mars, but managed to record the first test drive March 4. The driving audio contains a unexpected high-pitched scratching noise, according to NASA.

China and Russia said they will build a lunar research station, possibly on the moon's surface, marking the start of a new era in space cooperation between the two countries. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)BEIJING – China and Russia said they will build a lunar research station, possibly on the moon's surface, marking the start of a new era in space cooperation between the two countries. A statement posted on the website of the China National Space Administration Wednesday said the International Lunar Research Station would also be open to use by other countries, but gave no timeline for its construction. Russia is a participant in the International Space Station but its space program has been somewhat eclipsed by those of China, the U.S., India and others. AdChina has planned four crewed missions this year to work on its first permanent orbiting space station, the core module of which could be launched as soon as next month.