NASA's proposed Space Reactor 1 mission aims to demonstrate nuclear-powered electric propulsion on a spacecraft traveling to ...

A Japanese spacecraft is rocketing toward Mars on a quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back samples.

Japan launched the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft, beginning an ambitious journey to Mars' moons, Phobos and ...

The five-year mission will attempt to land a robotic prospector plus a rover on Phobos, the larger and closer of Mars’ two ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's spacecraft is expected to reach the Martian system in August 2027 and return samples ...

Japan’s MMX spacecraft is heading toward Mars to collect samples from Phobos, with a rover and two sampling systems helping investigate the moon’s origins.

Discover how Mars' moons, Phobos and Deimos, hold secrets about our solar system's history. A new mission aims to unlock these mysteries with samples.

TOKYO, Japan — A Japanese spacecraft was on its way to one of Mars's moons on Tuesday on a world-first mission to retrieve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA has yet to reestablish contact with its MAVEN Mars spacecraft despite ongoing efforts, agency officials said Monday (March 16 ...

New Glenn lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral, carrying twin Mars probes for NASA. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now. Blue Origin launched its second heavy-lift New Glenn rocket ...

The spacecraft is due to arrive near Mars around August next year, where it will orbit one of its moons, Phobos.

Right now, a spacecraft named Psyche is headed to its namesake asteroid, 16 Psyche. The theory is that 16 Psyche, which lies in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, may be made of precious ...