NASA's Perseverance rover can now pinpoint its exact location on Mars without help from Earth, paving the way for longer, more autonomous exploration.

Fast forward to the present day. The Space Launch System has flown only once, during the Artemis I mission, and is preparing to fly again with Artemis II. According to the NASA Office of Inspector General, the Space Launch System costs $4 billion per flight, not to speak of the immense amount of money to develop the rocket.

SpaceX has pursued its founder’s dream of reaching Mars for decades, but now that Elon Musk has shifted the company’s focus to the Moon, another aerospace firm appears prepared to take the lead in the race to the Red Planet.

NASA vs SpaceX rockets compared on cost, technology, and performance, revealing how reusability and innovation reshape modern spaceflight missions.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The towering rocket NASA will use to help propel four astronauts on a historic trip around the moon is vertical on the launch pad, and you can see it anytime. Watching a rocket stand ...

A crew of four NASA astronauts will go around the Moon for the first time in 50 years in humankind's furthest trip into space