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NASA’s Psyche probe just took its first Mars images from inside the slingshot maneuver — and won’t see another planet until 2029

Mars looks like a sliver of light in the first images NASA’s Psyche spacecraft snapped of the Red Planet on May 3, 2026. Shot ...

NASA Fires Up Record-Breaking Plasma Thruster for Future Mars Missions

NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

NASA draws on industry for Mars telecommunications network

On Thursday, NASA issued a Request for Proposal (RFP), seeking industry collaboration for the Mars Telecommunications Network ...

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover sends new self-portrait from the red planet

Perseverance captured the composite image using 61 individual snapshots taken by the camera mounted at the end of its robotic ...

Nasa bets big on nuclear engines to cut journey times to Mars

According to the US Department of Energy, nuclear thermal propulsion can reduce travel times to Mars by up to 25% and, more ...