A booming industry is proving that private enterprise can make serious strides in space, and JPL is looking to find cheaper ways to do what it's always done.

In a brief statement, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) Director Dave Gallagher announced that the organization is letting go of around 550 employees at its La Cañada Flintridge facility in California, across multiple departments, including business ...

Rocket Lab's MSR study involves two Neutron launches of a sample retrieval lander and Earth return orbiter. Credit: Rocket Lab WASHINGTON — NASA has awarded a contract to Rocket Lab to study alternative concepts for Mars Sample Return (MSR), joining ...

There's another space race afoot, and this one's between Rocket Lab and SpaceX.

The precious Mars samples collected by the Perseverance rover could be coming to Earth sooner rather than later. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's troubled Mars sample-return ...

Rocket Lab wants NASA to open up the Mars Sample Return program to commercial competition, arguing it can carry out the mission faster and cheaper than the agency's alternatives. Credit: Rocket Lab ORLANDO, Fla. — Rocket Lab is asking the incoming ...

Rotorcraft would have to withstand intense heat in descent to surface of Saturn's largest moon.

Nearly a decade ago, a dark horse space mining operation by the name of Moon Express floated an outrageous idea: Build a spaceship, send it to the moon, collect moon rocks, ship them back to Earth... and sell them. It sounded like a madcap plan, but with ...

NASA is in desperate need of an alternative plan for its Mars Sample Return, and is hoping the private industry can salvage its ambitious mission. Reading time 3 minutes For more than three years, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been roaming the Martian ...