This is a challenging mission for a number of reasons, beginning with getting down to the surface. Because Titan has a thick atmosphere, it will take about 90 minutes for the spacecraft to descend.

The Dragonfly rotorcraft, designed for Titan exploration, completes critical tests, ensuring readiness for its 2028 mission ...

While opposition itself is a one-night event, taking place on Sept. 21, Saturn's glow won't fade quickly. The planet will ...

On 1992, Nasa launched the Mars Observer, aiming to unlock the mysteries of the Red Planet, while in 1977, the first Chicago ...

"We want to look at the effects of long-term exposure to space — as if the Zylon material is going for a potential six- to nine-month mission to Mars." ...

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is of like mind. Earlier this year, Musk said that the company aims to launch a small, ...

Rocket fuel is finite. While we haven’t yet found a way of keeping spacecraft from sputtering to a halt light-years away from Earth, NASA has the next best thing ... lakes and seas of Saturn’s moon ...

The drone-like rotorcraft, which is designed to land on and gather samples from Titan, has been hit by a two-year delay, with ...

The upgraded Artemis II rocket ensures a smoother, safer ride for the astronauts on their highly anticipated lunar voyage.

A NASA mission, IMAP, and two more spacecraft that will study space weather are traveling through space atop a single SpaceX ...

All of the original US senators who created and sustained NASA's Space Launch System rocket over the last 15 years—Bill ...