Ross Elder of Williamstown, who will command a simulated mission living on Mars for 378 days. The mission begins Oct. 19. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — A Williamstown man will lead an Earth-based ...

Just days into the New Year, on January 6, NASA will begin spacewalks outside the International Space Station to prepare for ...

NASA is racing to understand why one of its most seasoned Mars orbiters suddenly fell silent, cutting off a critical scientific and communications lifeline around the Red Planet. The Mars Atmosphere ...

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang went to ...

ESCAPADE, the first ever UC Berkeley-led planetary mission, is set to launch in early November, with scientists expecting to receive the first data from space within a few months of the launch. Short ...

The first dual-satellite mission to another planet, NASA's ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), is scheduled for launch no earlier than Sunday, Nov. 9, from Cape Canaveral ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn heavy-lift rocket is scheduled for its second flight on November 9, launching NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission from Cape ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket, set to launch NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars, was grounded today because of space weather. Elevated solar activity and the potential effects on ...

NASA’s ESCAPADE is the first UC Berkeley-led planetary mission. Its two identical satellites will provide an unprecedented stereo view of Mars’ magnetosphere. Mapping the ionosphere and space ...