Blue Origin's heavy lift New Glenn became the first commercial rocket to make it to orbit on its first try back in January. Jeff Bezos' company is looking to repeat the feat while also nailing a return landing of its booster,

SpaceX, billionaire Elon Musk's commercial rocket company, says it's working on a "simplified" plan for its Starship to land astronauts on the moon.

Starship, which has launched 11 times in South Texas, was NASA's vehicle of choice to land astronauts on the moon. Now the agency wants other options.

Learn about past and upcoming Mars missions, NASA's role in Mars exploration, and the future of human space travel, including technological innovations and challenges.

NASA is looking for new ideas for moon landers to help astronauts return to the surface of the moon as progress for SpaceX's Starship has come slowly.

NASA’s InSight lander has been on its way to Mars since May. Now, after six months in flight and crossing 301 million miles (485 million kilometers), InSight is set to touch down on the Red Planet’s surface at 1:54 P.M. Central Time this afternoon.

The Moon landing was first envisioned to happen in 2024, then this year, and then it was postponed to next year. At the end of 2024, a mid-2027 date was agreed, but an analysis published over a year ago by the Government Accountability Office suggested that the Moon landing mission was likely to be pushed back until 2028.

The head of NASA has called out Kim Kardashian after the famous mogul and reality television star claimed that the iconic 1969 moon landing was faked.

“It’s a chance for families, students and anyone curious about the cosmos to get an up-close experience of Mars that is both visually stunning and intellectually enriching,” she said. “My Mars” is free to view and open to the public throughout its five-day run.