Learn how NASA’s satellite fleet helps provide weather Information for the missions on the surface of Mars. Credit: ...

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Happy New Year's on Mars. Martian years are almost twice as long as Earth years. Nov. 12 is the day to celebrate the start of ...

Despite surviving the long trip the Mars — a major feat in itself— the probe crashed into the Martian surface somewhere west of the Hellas basin while a major dust storm churned across the planet.

The two robots, working alone and far apart from one another, are struggling on their respective treks along the Red Planet's rough terrain.

An undated image shows the "otherwordly" crash site photographed by Nasa's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on Martian ... "Spread out and covered in dust, only about a third of the orange-and-white ...

On 1971, Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit Mars. At the time, scientists didn't know much about the Red Planet.

Back in 2007, I talked with Rob Manning, engineer extraordinaire at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and he told me something shocking. Even though he had successfully led the entry, descent, and ...

You might have heard about plans to establish a self‑sustaining city on Mars. Here’s what life would really be like on the ...

US space scientists have largely welcomed Musk's appointment, arguing that it could be a positive force for Mars ambitions ...