Cleaning a space toilet while on work experience was Claire Parfitt's first introduction to a career away from Earth's orbit.

Rejected by NASA at 14, Claire Parfitt persevered to become the European Space Agency's Mars Exploration Study Lead, helping ...

For anyone who has ever wondered whether they could handle life on another planet, NASA is offering a chance to find out -- ...

At the age of fourteen, Claire Parfitt’s unique introduction to the space industry involved cleaning toilets in space.

Getting stuck in sand has ended dreams of exploration before. On Mars, where loose dunes, soft soil and rocky terrain stretch for thousands of kilometres, a trapped rover can mean the loss of years of ...

Sending astronauts to the red planet will be a decades-long activity and cost many billions of dollars. So why should NASA undertake such a bold mission? A new report published Tuesday, titled “A ...

The space agency has put out a call for its Moon & Mars Exploration Analog, which recreates the challenges of a long-duration ...

A swarm of spherical rovers, blown by the wind like tumbleweeds, could enable large-scale and low-cost exploration of the Martian surface, according to results presented at the Joint Meeting of the ...

After a picture-perfect launch of twin Escapade spacecraft bound for Mars, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket aced landing on a recovery vessel floating in the Atlantic, helping power a revolution in ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking ...