By contrast, Deimos is tiny, with a radius of 6 km, and quite a bit further out, more than 23,000 km from the surface. It is ...

Through its "Moon to Mars" program, NASA plans to send the first crewed missions to Mars by the end of the next decade. To ...

Mars once had rings like Saturn and a much bigger moon, a new study has revealed. While Mars currently has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, scientists from the SETI Institute and Purdue ...

These moons are named for two sons of the Greek god of war, Ares, which the Romans called Mars. The names Phobos and Deimos mean "fear" and "panic." The innermost moon, Phobos, has lots of craters ...

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead NASA, entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, faced questions from senators on Wednesday about ...

Yes, even the Red Planet — the one with a 24.6-hour solar day, the one orbiting the sun and orbited by Phobos and Deimos ... models of the Earth, the Moon, and Mars” were installed at the ...

With recent cuts to Mars Sample Return, China will lead the charge to Mars and to the moon. Credit: NASA In the Senate hearing considering the confirmation of Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman believes the US can simultaneously handle missions to both the moon and Mars. Isaacman ...

Moon Vs. Mars: Trump's NASA Pick Says Both Can Be Done at the Same Time By David Shepardson and Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's nominee to lead NASA, entrepreneur ...