As Mars approaches opposition this month, it will become a dazzling spectacle in the night sky. See it at its best now, or ...

A look back at a few Mars 2020 mission highlights of 2024   Perseverance’s past year operating on the surface of Mars was ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...

NASA says it needs until 2026 before making a final decision on how the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission will work.

NASA proposes a quicker, cost-effective plan to bring Mars samples to Earth by 2030, reducing the mission cost from $11 ...

Around the world, scientists enthusiastically dug into new data from space probes to deepen our understanding of this world, ...

NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars. Administrator Bill Nelson presented two ...

Dozens of samples of rock and sediment collected from Mars that could be used to detect ancient microbial life could be ...

After an independent review concluded NASA’s plans to robotically collect and return rock and soil samples from Mars could ...

NASA has unveiled two revamped plans to bring Mars samples to Earth in the 2030s, reducing costs by nearly half from its initial $11 billion proposal while expediting the timeline.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity seen flying during a fight. The Perseverance rover can be seen in the distance during the flight in an enhanced color image. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA ...

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which flew on Mars in April 2021, became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth.