A recent photo from NASA's Curiosity rover gives an idea of what Mars would look like under skies that resemble our own on ...

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the ...

A Congressional bill restores funding for most NASA space science missions, but there is no money for returning samples ...

The first step on the moon was one of humanity's most exciting accomplishments. Now scientists are planning return trips—and dreaming of Mars beyond. And finally, the trip to Mars is planned for the ...

Just before my group of four young astronauts with major, personal conflicts of interest blast off to the red planet, I'm assured by our team leader that, while some corners had to be cut to get our ...

NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations ...

NASA has lost contact with one of its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars orbiter is perilously close to running out of fuel, and the third mission ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly stopped communicating to ground stations over the weekend. NASA said ...

Since humanity's first steps on the moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central objective of international space agencies, targeting long-term extraterrestrial ...

NASA teams are working to restore contact with one of its most advanced interplanetary satellites. MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) is one of only three NASA missions currently in ...

One of NASA’s workhorse spacecraft in orbit around Mars has fallen silent, leaving agency personnel scrambling to troubleshoot the issue. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission ...

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