The days of dial-up internet, AOL Instant Messenger, and Myspace may be over on Earth, but on Mars, the early years of the internet still live on. A Martian spacecraft has been running on software ...

NASA borrowed some ideas from the Spirit, Opportunity and Perseverance missions to help Curiosity. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has performed its shortest-ever flight, the first after a major software update that will allow the little chopper to land more safely and navigate over rugged terrain ...

Designing, building, and testing a spacecraft isn't cheap — not to mention the cost of launching it and sending it on a journey to another planet. That means once a spacecraft is in place, like the ...

tools from Green Hills Software. Both the “Opportunity” rover, launched July 7, and the “Spirit” rover, launched June 10, are being directed and controlled by software programs and systems written ...

In context: Launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26, 2011, the Curiosity rover was designed for scientific investigations during a two-year mission. Twelve years later, the car-sized machine is ...

We will soon get to a point where the human race will expand to other celestial bodies in the solar system. The prime targets for colonization are the Moon and Mars, and plans are already being ...

of the best” software developed by the agency this year. The “Science Activity Planner” developed by a team of experts at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., combines end of the ...

The European Space Agency's Mars Express has recently received significant upgrades as it ditches Microsoft Windows 98. The Martian probe of the international space agency is roaming the red planet to ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. As I write this column, I am also periodically gazing through my telescope on this magical night. This is due to the rare planetary ...