Following the first successful landing of an Earth-launched vehicle on the planet Mars—Viking I in July 1976—nine other ...

Mariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of ...

Sixty years ago today, NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft took the first up-close images of Mars, changing humanity's understanding of the Red Planet. The spacecraft was designed and built by the Jet ...

NASA’s Opportunity rover, one of the most successful interplanetary missions in history, came to a dramatic and poignant end in 2019, after 15 years of groundbreaking exploration on Mars. The rover’s ...

A research team at Texas A&M University is studying the use of Siri-like virtual assistant technology for use in space. The ...

"One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA's Opportunity rover mission is at an end ...

Understanding the similarities and differences of the deserts on Earth and Mars will help space travelers survive future ...

Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called a scoopula. Then we drove ...

Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin offered to "execute Mars Sample Return (MSR) as a firm-fixed price solution for under $3 ...

Perseverance cracked open a tricky Mars rock to find water-related minerals, then zoomed across the landscape to make its longest drive yet.

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth? A new study ...

On the eve of the 249th anniversary of American independence, NASA on Tuesday showcased a patriotic image of Old Glory as ...