Mars has hosted a surprising number of robotic visitors, yet the question of where humans should touch down remains wide open ...

Last year delivered doses of drama and excitement in the space business, with a record number of launches, breathtaking ...

When Spirit dropped through the thin Martian air and bounced to a stop inside Gusev Crater, it did more than survive a ...

Hoping to push Mars exploration into top gear and do recon for a future crewed landing, AeroVironment has released its concept for a mission consisting of half a dozen autonomous helicopters that ...

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin (BORGN) on Thursday launched its giant New Glenn rocket, sending two NASA spacecraft toward Mars, and successfully recovered its reusable booster - a first for the company. The ...

Scientists identify Amazonis Planitia as a promising Mars landing site, citing possible underground water, moderate ...

The flying saucers of science fiction movies might be the shape of things to come for future Mars missions that are expected to involve larger payloads that today's landing vehicles are not equipped ...

AeroVironment and JPL propose "Skyfall," a Mars mission concept utilizing a swarm of six autonomous helicopters instead of traditional landers, significantly reducing mission cost and complexity. The ...

A recent photo from NASA's Curiosity rover gives an idea of what Mars would look like under skies that resemble our own on ...

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less than a meter beneath the surface, close enough to be harvested for water, ...

Significant water activity existed on the surface of Mars until approximately 750 million years ago - the high-frequency ...