The British government will fund the lander via the UK Space Agency. “Getting the Rosalind Franklin rover onto the surface of Mars is a huge international challenge and the culmination of ...

ESA will launch the lander in 2028 aboard a NASA-supplied launcher. Upon arrival on Mars, the rover will drill to a depth of up to two meters below the surface. Rosalind Franklin will be the first ...

The biggest stories of the day delivered to your inbox.

NASA is also awaiting a modified version of Starship as a lunar lander for its Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the Moon this decade.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that the Starship rocket will make its maiden Mars flight by the end of 2026, with human missions possibly starting by ...

Scientists found that substances found in Martian dust could be life-threatening to human space travelers, greatly imperiling ...

Named after the scientist key to DNA’s discovery, the UK-built rover will drill 2 meters into Mars to collect ice samples ... on opposite sides of the lander to ensure the safest descent route ...

Besides its Mars mission, SpaceX also has a bid to build Starship for NASA's Artemis mission that will send astronauts back to the Moon. Starship will be employed in part as a human lunar lander.

NASA’s InSight lander recorded surprisingly large quakes that indicate Mars is more seismically active than we first thought.

The billionaire says an unmanned mission by his SpaceX "Starship" vehicle will be followed by human landings as early as 2029 ...