A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to less than a year.

NASA's Psyche spacecraft will get a boost from Mars on Friday, May 15, passing just 2,800 miles (4,500 kilometers) from the planet's surface at some 12,333 mph (19,848 kph). The spacecraft will harness the planet's gravitational pull to speed up and adjust its trajectory toward the metal-rich asteroid Psyche,

The first human Mars explorers won’t have it easy. Every additional day in deep space will increase their exposure to deadly cosmic radiation, while isolation gnaws at their minds and microgravity erodes their muscles.

Nandini Harinath's saree is now being displayed at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. She wore the saree on the day the spacecraft successfully exited Earth’s orbit and began its nearly 300-day journey towards Mars.

NASA’s Curiosity rover ran into one of the strangest problems of its Mars mission after accidentally pulling an entire rock out of the ground while drilling a sample. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Curiosity accidentally yanked a rock out of Mars and spent days trying to shake it loose.

Historic space artefact: The Smithsonian has added Nandini Harinath’s saree from the Mars Orbiter Mission to its exhibits, marking a rare fusion of science and culture. Mission’s lasting legacy: Mangalyaan, launched in 2013, operated for nearly eight ...