The Japanese space agency JAXA is studying use of inflatable aeroshells to enable landings of small Mars rovers. Credit: ISAS/JAXA WASHINGTON — An institute in Japan’s space agency is pursuing ...

The Ingenuity helicopter is preparing for the first flight of its new phase on Mars: aerial scouting. The 4-pound rotorcraft will explore new Martian territory when it flies for the sixth time on ...

The Expedition 73 crew unpacked a newly arrived cargo craft, wrapped up a second week of science with an visiting crew of ...

The Ingenuity helicopter is preparing for its historic flight on Mars Monday. The first powered, controlled flight on another planet will take place at 3:30 a.m. ET on April 19, according to NASA.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter carried out a second successful test flight Thursday, lifting off from a site dubbed "Wright Brothers Field" in Jezero Crater. It climbed to 16 feet in the ultra ...

In 2025, space exploration enters a new era with missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, led by NASA, ISRO, ESA, JAXA, and private companies. These mi ...

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, grounded Thursday by a pesky-but-understood software issue, successfully completed its fourth flight in the ultra-thin atmosphere of Mars Friday, kicking off a new ...

NASA's Mars helicopter continues to impress. During its 59th flight on the distant planet, the drone-like machine achieved a new record.

Japan has selected its first new astronaut candidates in more than 13 years. Makoto Suwa and Ayu Yoneda were chosen by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

NASA's Mars helicopter is ready to make its first flight attempt after a two-week communications blackout caused by the sun's being directly between Earth and the Red Planet.

Considered by NASA as a 30-day technology demonstration, the 4-pound chopper ended up performing 72 flights for nearly three years on the Red Planet.

The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's navigation camera captures the helicopter's shadow on the surface of Jezero Crater during rotorcraft's second experimental test flight on April 22, 2021.