All the rovers, orbiters and landers on Mars are set to become radio-silent for a few weeks, with Earth losing all contact with the Red Planet. This is because there is not always a continuous view ...

Spirit and Opportunity, the spunky NASA rovers that have rolled around Mars for two years, are the unlikely stars of an IMAX movie, which opened Friday, along with the astronomer who helped create ...

NASA and the European Space Agency are building the Rosalind Franklin rover to drill 2 metres into Martian ground and search ...

The prospect of getting humans to Mars (perhaps via lithium-plasma engine) has hit more than a few roadblocks over the years. While plenty of experts remain bullish on the feasibility of Mars ...

After nearly five years on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover has traveled almost 25 miles (40 kilometers), and the mission team has been busy testing the rover's durability and gathering new science ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has been exploring the surface of Mars since it landed there in spectacular fashion nearly five years ago. In that time, NASA’s most advanced rover to date, which is about ...

You’ve probably followed the Mars rover missions on and off for years, watching those red-dust landscapes scroll across your TV screen and wondering: Could something have lived there once? Now, after ...

A new study co-authored by Texas A&M University geologist Dr. Michael Tice has revealed potential chemical signatures of ancient Martian microbial life in rocks examined by NASA's Perseverance rover.