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 ...

NASA launched a contest this week for plans to produce food on Mars, located about 140 million miles from the beaches here on ...

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts ...

The goal should be a new golden rule linking the search for life elsewhere to the spread of life beyond the bounds of Earth. Humans should expand into the cosmos in the same way that, were the ...

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 ...

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

Using images from cameras on Mars orbiters, an international research team has discovered structures on Mars that are very ...

What innovative rovers can be developed to advance Mars surface exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the Division for ...

This book’s strength lies in its authorship: it is not written by a physicist enthralled by the engineering challenge of Mars ...

Helicopters on Mars may sound like something from a science fiction novel — or perhaps just a typical "Doctor Who" episode. But actually, they're not fully confined to the world of sci-fi; after all, ...

On04, NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars! Also known as Mars Exploration Rover 2, this was the first of NASA's twin rovers to land on the Red Planet. The other was named Opportunity. These rovers were ...