Influenced by Elon Musk, the US president is set to execute the plan outlined by Obama in 2010 and canceled by himself in 2017. Experts see it as "impossible" for the US flag to wave on Mars during his term,
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is all set to see its first female acting administrator as Janet Petro takes the position.
The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics unclear.
During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said he wants 'American astronauts' on Mars. Where does a future Mars mission currently stand?
India, with its space agency ISRO, has been a key partner under the Biden administration through the Artemis Accords. The joint NASA-ISRO project, the NISAR satellite, is in its final stages, representing one of the most expensive Earth observation missions. Trump's administration could redefine these collaborations with more such projects.
Janet Petro makes history as the first woman to lead NASA as acting administrator, bringing fresh perspectives to the agency's missions and a renewed focus on science, engineering, and gender representation in space.
Trump did not address how his Mars call might affect NASA’s current plans for a Moon mission. NASA in December pushed back the anticipated launch dates for the Artemis II and Artemis III crewed lunar missions. Artemis II is now scheduled for April 2026 and Artemis III for mid-2027.
The second Trump administration started with soaring rhetoric about sending humans to Mars but confusion about who was leading NASA on an acting basis.
In 2019, then US President Donald Trump announced for the first time that the United States should "buy Greenland". Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen pointed out that Greenla
Pure-play space stocks flew higher on Tuesday, in a rally described as exuberance about the sector after President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
President Donald Trump set a bold new goal in his inauguration speech. He wants to go to Mars. Details are thin, but the aspiration should benefit Elon Musk’s SpaceX and a bevy of publicly traded commercial space stocks.