WASHINGTON — A constellation of commercial satellites could serve as a communications relay system for future NASA missions, such as an orbiter later this decade to search for subsurface ice on Mars.

NASA solicited proposals for studies of commercial approaches to carrying out some aspects of Mars exploration, including delivery of payloads and communications and imaging services. Credit: NASA ...

Two space-focused companies have joined SpaceX in the race to get a mission to Mars. Impulse Space Inc. and Relativity Space have joined forces per a video and several tweets announcing the juncture.

NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is starting to experience the kinds of cost overruns that have plagued previous high-profile space projects such as the Space Launch System and the James Webb Space ...

NASA has selected nine U.S. companies to conduct preliminary concept studies aimed at exploring how commercial services can contribute to future missions to Mars. Each of these companies will receive ...

NASA is expanding its plans for Mars, looking at not only a big, high-budget, long-term project to bring back a sample from Mars but also smaller, lower-cost missions to enable exploration of the red ...

The advantages of space-based AI include access to power 24/7 using solar panels. AI data centers on Earth are energy hogs, which has led to a revival of nuclear energy. Space-based AI also avoids ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Commercializing the International Space Station (ISS) could allow for testing components for ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Impulse Space, Inc. – leading the development of in-space transportation services for the inner solar system – today announced a groundbreaking partnership and ...

NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover touched down on the Red Planet last week, with DPA Microphones along for the historic ride. Outfitted with DPA’s 4006 Omnidirectional Microphone, MMA-A Digital Audio ...