Hawai‘i Public Radio

NASA funds may bring more missions to Mars — on Maunaloa

University of Hawaiʻi computer scientist Kim Binsted talks about the the HI-SEAS program on Maunaloa, which simulates ...

NASA's Mars helicopter actually breaks the sound barrier

For future NASA missions to Mars, this new helicopter vehicle will be key to surveying the planet's surface for all sorts of ...

From Chesapeake to Mars: City worker spent year with NASA on simulated Mars habitat

CHESAPEAKE — In his day-to-day, Ross Brockwell works as the operations manager of Chesapeake’s public works department, where ...

NASA testing KSC-built water filtration system for moon, Mars habitats

NASA's portable wastewater treatment system designed for future lunar and Martian habitats has arrived at the University of ...
Phys.org

NASA draws on industry for Mars telecommunications network

On Thursday, NASA issued a Request for Proposal (RFP), seeking industry collaboration for the Mars Telecommunications Network. Reliable, high bandwidth communications are necessary to relay science ...
Space.com

NASA won't give up hope on silent MAVEN Mars probe: 'We're still looking for it'

NASA has yet to reestablish contact with its MAVEN Mars spacecraft despite ongoing efforts, agency officials said Monday (March 16). NASA lost contact with MAVEN on Dec. 6, 2025, after the spacecraft ...
AOL

NASA’s first nuclear-powered spacecraft is heading to Mars, and its bringing helicopters

For years, nuclear propulsion sat in the same category as so many ambitious space ideas, impressive on paper, always a few steps away from reality. Now NASA says that changes in 2028. The agency plans ...