NASA's Mars helicopter flew for the 62nd time. Flight Statistics: Horizontal Distance: 268 m / ~880 ft Max. Altitude: 18 m / ...

Mars helicopter Ingenuity flew for the 66th time. See black and white and color images of the flight. Credit: Space.com | ...

The U.S. space agency’s Skyfall project calls for sending robotic helicopters to Mars on a nuclear-powered spacecraft before the end of Donald Trump’s presidency ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Building on Ingenuity’s legacy, the new Martian helicopters will eject mid-descent, without a rover to drop them. | ©Image Credit: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist's impression of Space Reactor-1 Freedom, the nuclear-powered spaceship NASA says it is sending to Mars. (CREDIT: NASA) For ...

NASA plans to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars by 2028, a major step for deep space exploration and its planned moon base.

Returning to the moon and building a base will pale in comparison to what we will be capable of accomplishing in the years ...

For decades, nuclear propulsion has been a fixture of aerospace engineering proposals and government studies, always promising, never quite leaving the laboratory. That changes in 2028. NASA announced ...

The mission, called Space Reactor 1 Freedom, will test advanced nuclear electric propulsion. Upon reaching Mars, the spacecraft would deploy helicopters to explore the planet from the air. This ...