The rover had been carrying the inadvertent passenger across the surface of Mars for over a year.
It's no secret that the US and China are staunch rivals in the space sector - but are we really witnessing a new space race ?
NASA's flagship space telescope has turned its sights towards Uranus and the results are breathtaking to say the least.
Pellet-beam propulsion has the potential to enable a spacecraft to cross the entire solar system within 5 years.
Space policy expert Wendy Whitman Cobb takes a closer look at the four astronauts who will make up the crew of Artemis II.
NASA has published images of the spacesuit that astronauts will be wearing when they next set foot on the Moon.
The new experimental aircraft is set to make its debut flight this year, potentially kickstarting a whole new era of aviation.
The new rocket will be designed to enable manned missions to the Red Planet and could debut as soon as 2027.
It has been an eventful year for the space industry, but there's much more to come over the next 12 months.
After four years of activity on the surface of Mars, NASA's InSight mission has finally come to an end.
NASA's flagship Artemis I mission has come to a successful close with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
NASA's latest Mars rover has made a discovery that could point to the presence of life on Mars in the distant past.
The success of this month's Artemis I mission has placed us on track to see humans living and working on the Moon within 10 years.
After several scuppered launch attempts, the most powerful rocket in history has finally departed on its maiden voyage.
The space agency has been getting into the Halloween spirit with this latest image from the James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA is preparing to test one of its latest creations - and it could very well spark a spate of UFO sightings.
The space agency has revealed the names of the people who will be on its independent UFO investigation team.
The space agency has confirmed that its recent mission successfully altered the trajectory of the target asteroid.
The camera feed from the probe showed its last moments as it careened into the asteroid Dimorphos.
The first launch of NASA's flagship Artemis program has been plagued by technical issues and delays.