Is Mars the end of the line or is it a steppingstone to somewhere else? If we “moon-to-Mars,” do we then “Mars-to-somewhere else?” These are curious questions that have received very little attention ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft flew past Mars on its way to a strange metal-rich world that may reveal secrets about Earth’s ancient planetary formation past.

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft got a boost on its way to the similarly-named asteroid 16 Psyche. Gravitational boosts — when one or ...

On Episode 210 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Dr. Robert Lillis of the Mars ESCAPADE mission. Poor Mars. After a warm, wet childhood, the planet dried out and became cold ...

NASA's Psyche spacecraft will use Mars' gravity today (May 15) for a crucial boost on its six-year journey to a metallic asteroid.

When people imagine humanity’s future beyond Earth, Mars is usually the first destination that comes to mind. It is close, ...

NASA's Psyche flyby of Mars highlights how gravity assists help spacecraft gain speed, conserve fuel and travel across the ...

The Psyche mission, on its way to study an asteroid of the same name, approached within 2,864 miles of the red planet on May ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

NASA's Psyche probe was headed for a close encounter with Mars on Friday and a planned gravity boost to set the spacecraft on ...

SpaceX's upgraded Starship V3 rocket launched from southern Texas on Friday, carrying 20 dummy Starlink satellites and ...

See the rare crescent views, icy poles, and massive craters Psyche snapped while slingshotting past Mars on its ...