When Spirit dropped through the thin Martian air and bounced to a stop inside Gusev Crater, it did more than survive a ...

NASA is spending this week trying to rouse a veteran Mars orbiter that has not answered a single call in more than a month, a ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the exploration of Mars. The United States, Soviet Union and China are the only three countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. There have been nine successful US Mars landings: ...

Hoping to push Mars exploration into top gear and do recon for a future crewed landing, AeroVironment has released its concept for a mission consisting of half a dozen autonomous helicopters that ...

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 ...

"There are incredibly tantalizing samples in the Perseverance rover's cache that could revolutionize our understanding of ...

Another view from Perseverance shows how windswept Mars' landscape truly is.

NASA’s Mars Sample Return program faces opposition from planetary scientists following proposed cancellation, with concerns raised over Perseverance samples, future Mars missions, and international ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Roger Wiens has been a Mars explorer since he was 11 years old. He grew up as a kid looking through a telescope at The Red Planet with his brother and sketching its features. “That was ...

For over 50 years, Cornell has made astronomical contributions in the ongoing efforts to explore and understand the mysterious inner workings of Earth’s rust-colored neighbor, Mars. In honor of these ...

Oct. 26 -- NASA will probe Mars using orbiters, rovers and landers the space agency announced today, looking for details of the planet’s geology, climate and history. Six major robotic missions are ...