It looks like NASA's Mars Sample Return mission has come to a bureaucratic end. The mission was to be the crowning ...

Exploration advocates are pushing back against the planned cancellation of NASA's Mars sample return project, saying it could ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Although concepts for crewed missions to Mars have gained popularity, NASA's actual plans for ...

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 ...

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 ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) and German toy maker Playmobil announced the launch of the ESA Space Range of four sets.

(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: ...

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

As one of four panels that will provide input to the steering committee of "A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars;" the Panel on Astrobiology will identify the highest priority science ...