What can layered rocks on Mars teach scientists about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in JGR: Planets hopes to add | Space ...

NASA’s asteroid-hunting Psyche spacecraft recently needed a little gravitational assist from Mars to keep speeding towards ...

On July 20, 1976, Viking 1—the first successful Mars lander in history—touched down on the red planet. NASA’s Viking Program ...

NASA has never flown a mission like Artemis III, and it's shaping up to become one of the most elaborate spaceflights in ...

Mars as viewed by Psyche as it continued its mission through the solar system. Credit: NASA. At first, Mars was little more than a curved blade of light suspended in darkness. As NASA’s Psyche ...

Scientists think ancient Mars was quite different than it is today. While we might know it now as a barred, reddish wasteland ...

Terraforming Mars has crossed from science fiction to a structured scientific research agenda, according to a peer-reviewed ...

In summer 2026, NASA will commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of the most consequential milestones in planetary ...

The craft used Mars to get a gravity-assisted boost on the way to its namesake asteroid. The mission isn’t expected to intercept the asteroid until 2029, but in the meantime we’ve got this great view ...

The spacecraft made a close approach to the red planet in May on its way to explore the asteroid it’s named after.

NASA is recruiting 4 astronaut simulation volunteers for its yearlong Moon and Mars Exploration Analog mission starting ...

India has sent spacecraft to Mars and the Moon, put hundreds of satellites into orbit and will in the coming days launch its ...