Landing missions are especially tricky ... But 20 seconds after beginning its first photographic scan, Mars 3’s signal went silent for good. On Christmas Day 2003, the British-built Beagle ...

On September 29, 2013, SpaceX performed the first supersonic retropropulsion (SRP) maneuver to decelerate the reentry of the ...

The Starship is at the heart of Elon Musk’s ambitious plan to send humans to Mars. This latest test flight showcased the rocket’s capabilities, with the first stage landing as planned and the ...

The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens. These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, ...

SpaceX's Starship vehicle that will one day propel humans deep into the cosmos launched Tuesday on its latest flight test as ...

Back in 2007, I talked with Rob Manning, engineer extraordinaire at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and he told me something shocking. Even though he had successfully led the entry, descent, and ...

Elon Musk announced that the first Starships to Mars will launch ... will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights ...

Musk has outlined an ambitious timeline, aiming to send the first crewed missions to ... The journey to Mars is fraught with risks, from the technical difficulties of launching and landing to the ...

On November 23, 2015, a Blue Origin rocket made a historic landing. Before this time, all rockets were single-use only — even ...

• SpaceX is set to launch Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, on its sixth test flight from South Texas. • A ...

The first ever venture into Venus is part of the country's space exploration, claimed the topmost ISRO scientists here on ...