NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which flew on Mars in April 2021, became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth.

NASA wants to return Mars samples to Earth, but budget problems and technical woes have the mission caught between a rock and ...

Engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and AeroVironment—who helped build the helicopter—have been investigating the cause of the crash ever since and have now ...

NASA's retired Mars InSight Lander continues to reveal Red Planet secrets, from dust dynamics to Martian weather patterns.

May 2 at 10:52 a.m. PASADENA, Calif. — Laurie Leshin, the new boss at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, showed up recently at the Mars Yard, where engineers test rovers by forcing them to ...

The Jet Propulsion Lab is currently constructing the Mars 2020 rover A tiny Raspberry Pi computer has been used to steal data from Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the space agency has revealed.

NASA's Juno mission has revealed that each of Io's volcanoes is likely fueled by its own magma chamber, not a global magma ocean. This conclusion was drawn from precise gravity measurements during ...

“It’s an exciting time on the spacecraft, getting these key deployments done,” said Europa Clipper project manager Jordan Evans of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.

and were due to spend eight days on the orbiting laboratory. But problems arose with the Starliner's propulsion system during the flight there, so NASA opted for a big change in plans. After weeks ...

NASA's Perseverance rover triumphantly celebrated ... Perseverance deputy project manager Steven Lee in a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory statement on Dec. 12. Mars threw plenty of challenges ...