An ambitious Mars mission is scheduled to launch Monday afternoon from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Led by the ...

NASA researchers are developing the future of flight on Mars, laying the groundwork for helicopters with the ability to fly ...

Four volunteers have spent an entire year isolated inside a simulated Martian habitat in Houston, testing how humans might ...

A Japanese spacecraft is on its way to study Mars' 2 moons. But that's not all: It will also attempt to bring a piece of ...

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

Japan launched a spacecraft Tuesday on a five-year mission to explore Mars' moons and bring samples back to Earth. The Japan ...

Japanese space agency JAXA has successfully launched a mission to visit the moons of Mars — and bring a sample back to Earth.

Japan has launched the MMX spacecraft on an H3 rocket for a five-year mission to study Phobos, collect at least 10 grams of material and return the samples to Earth in 2031.

The spacecraft, due to arrive near Mars around August next year, aims to become the first to retrieve samples from one of its ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA shares an update on its multibillion-dollar effort to build a permanent moon base on the lunar south pole. On Tuesday, the U.S. space agency announced nearly $600 million in ...