Launch costs were high and minimizing mass sent to space was the main driver for mission design. To reduce mass, mission designs employed nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP), in-situ resource utilization ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover made a thrilling discovery on Mars: a rock sample containing minerals that on Earth are tied to ...

The high cost of launching and the need to minimize the mass sent into space were the main drivers of mission design. To reduce mass, mission designs employed Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP), In-Situ ...

Highlighting its intent to send humans to Mars, NASA has announced that it will soon be embarking on a year-long simulation of a Mars mission using four research volunteers.