NASA’s Curiosity rover has reached a new milestone on Mars, marking a 1-kilometer elevation gain during its ascent of Mount ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured a gorgeous new panorama to celebrate climbing a total of 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) ...

A former chief historian of NASA reflects on the history and future of Mars exploration Roger D. Launius The original 'Face on Mars' image taken by NASA's Viking 1 orbiter that resembled a human face ...

The first astronauts to set foot on Mars should hunt for signs of past or present Red Planet life. That's the overarching conclusion of an in-depth report about human Mars exploration from the U.S.

A swarm of spherical rovers, blown by the wind like tumbleweeds, could enable large-scale and low-cost exploration of the Martian surface, according to results presented at the Joint Meeting of the ...

Scientists are ­rea­dy­­ing a mission to Mars' moons to retrieve samples that may unlock the origins of the solar system and ...

Japan's ambitious mission to collect and bring back samples from one of Mars' moons will lift off Oct. 20, the space agency ...

WASHINGTON — The search for past or present life should be the top science objective of future human missions to Mars, a new National Academies report concludes. The report, A Science Strategy for the ...

TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER, Japan — Japanese scientists are preparing for a mission to Mars’ moons to retrieve samples that may unlock the origins of the Solar System and life on Earth, although a rival ...

The uncrewed Martian Moons eXploration probe may help unlock the origins of the solar system and life on Earth.