The lower gravity on Mars — about 38% that of on Earth — will also help compensate for the lower level of lift available from the Martian atmosphere. Because of the radio link delay to and from Mars, ...

The immense challenge of building GPS-similar constellations around every planet or moon could be avoided by using imagery, according to researchers Andrew Chung, Philippe Ludivig, Ross Potter and ...

Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called a ...

The Delta II rocket has propelled more than 80 communications satellites and 30 space probes to destinations throughout the solar system. The first rover was launched to Mars on top of a Delta II ...

But developing something like GPS on the moon also brings dreams of Mars exploration closer. Speaking to Reuters, project director Steven Kay said: “With this software, we bring Europe closer to ...

SpaceX Will Put Internet Connection On Mars, Elon Musk Confirms. By Arthur Villasanta Published 06/25/19 AT 6:00 AM EDT.

“If we want to land a spacecraft on Mars with pinpoint accuracy, we’re going to need clocks that are orders of magnitude more precise than what we have today in GPS,” added Ye, who’s from ...

The British mapping agency Ordnance Survey has created a map of the Martian surface using precision NASA data — and it's beautiful.

Sending people to Mars won’t be easy. There are the obvious challenges like getting people and supplies into space and landing them safely on another planet. And once they arrive, they’ll need ...