Artemis II's success gives confidence to India for Gaganyaan mission, says astrophysicistBuilding on the momentum of Artemis II's successful lunar expedition, India's Gaganyaan mission is set to chart new territory in human spac...
15 Apr, 2026, 03.46 PM IST
NASA reveals ambitious Moon base and nuclear Mars mission under “Ignition” planNASA has revealed an ambitious plan to build a permanent Moon base and launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars by 2028 under its “Ignit...
26 Mar, 2026, 12.22 AM IST
Orbital Refueling: The Missing Link to Mars Finally Arrives in 2026A major hurdle for Mars missions, propellant mass, is being overcome by orbital refueling. A large-scale cryogenic transfer demonstration i...
27 Feb, 2026, 03.39 PM IST
NIT research to improve weather prediction on Mars for better robotic, human mission planningResearchers from NIT Rourkela and Sun Yat-sen University analysed over 20 years of Mars mission data to study how dust storms, dust devils,...
30 Jun, 2025, 09.09 PM IST
Elon Musk is set to send robots to Mars to prepare it for humans. Here's when and howElon Musk aims for a Mars mission by late next year using Starship, potentially including Tesla's Optimus robots. This ambitious plan targe...
10 Apr, 2025, 04.05 PM IST
Indian-origin software and robotics engineer Amit Kshatriya to head NASA's Moon to Mars ProgrammeNASA has appointed Amit Kshatriya, an Indian-American software and robotics engineer, as the head of its newly-established Moon to Mars Pro...
31 Mar, 2023, 03.29 PM IST
NASA's Artemis Moon missions maybe last for astronauts amid rise of robots; says expertProf Martin Rees attributed that noticeable improvement in the space programs from the Apollo era and the current ones to advancement in co...
30 Nov, 2022, 01.55 AM IST
China plans to send its first crewed mission to Mars in 2033The ambitious plan, which will intensify a race with the United States to plant humans on Mars, was disclosed in detail for the first time ...
25 Jun, 2021, 09.46 AM IST
- NASA's next Mars mission to probe red planet's deep interior
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) NASA's next Mars mission known as InSight, which is scheduled for a 2018 lift-off, will focus on examining the de...
29 Aug, 2017, 09.12 AM IST
- Mars 2020 rover set to sport more efficient robotic arm (Science Trend)
Los Angeles, Feb 15 (IANS) As the US space agency NASA prepares to send its next Mars 2020 mission in search of signs of life on the Red Pl...
17 Feb, 2017, 01.16 AM IST
NASA invites ISRO to US for possible collaborationAs American space agency NASA looks forward to sending astronauts to Mars, it has sent out an invitation to the Indian Space Research Organ...
17 Feb, 2016, 09.13 PM IST
NASA's 2020 Mars rover to be more efficient than CuriosityNASA's nuclear-powered Mars rover, slated to launch in 2020, will be smarter and more efficient than Curiosity, which is currently explorin...
27 Sep, 2015, 06.39 PM IST
NASA building space shotgun to blast asteroidsNASA is developing shotgun that can blast asteroids into small pieces for collection as samples when robotic spacecraft reaches near such s...
21 Sep, 2015, 03.05 PM IST
NASA robot to build biggest rocket parts for Mars missionThe robot installed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Centre in Alabama, is one of the largest composites manufacturing robots created in Ame...
05 Aug, 2015, 06.40 PM IST
Mars One's red planet manned mission delayed by 2 yearsMars One, a Netherlands-based nonprofit, aims to send four people on a one-way trip to the red planet every two years.
23 Mar, 2015, 02.19 PM IST
New Mars route may make manned mission cheaper and easierAlthough launch and cruise costs remain the same, the big burn to slow down and hit the Martian bull's-eye - as in the Hohmann scenario - i...
28 Dec, 2014, 02.53 PM IST
NASA, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in talks to set up Joint Mars Working GroupBoth the missions of NASA & ISRO will arrive at Mars just in time to join the fleet of Mars-based spacecraft that could witness the effects...
11 Sep, 2014, 02.10 PM IST