NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back a striking new "postcard" from high on the slopes of the Red Planet's Mount Sharp, ...

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

The goal should be a new golden rule linking the search for life elsewhere to the spread of life beyond the bounds of Earth.

Mars 3 holds a strange place in space history: it was the first spacecraft to soft-land on Mars, yet its triumph lasted just ...

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the ...

How important is it to preserve human artifacts on Mars, specifically the myriads of rovers and landers that have helped us better understand the Red Planet? This is what a recent study published in ...

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less ...

For thousands of years, Mars aka the Red Planet, has fascinated skywatchers from countless civilizations and cultures, leading some to speculate that it was a lush world full of life. However, the ...

"It's really not a question of robotic exploration or human exploration," Ehlmann said. "It is an 'and' — it's robotic and ...

The Mars Society explored the idea of using advanced robotics for Mars exploration, as evidenced by competitions like the Telerobotic Mars Expedition Design Competition. Elon Musk and Tesla and SpaceX ...

A former chief historian of NASA reflects on the history and future of Mars exploration Roger D. Launius The original 'Face on Mars' image taken by NASA's Viking 1 orbiter that resembled a human face ...

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 ...