A Mars spacecraft has now been AWOL for more than a month. But NASA hasn't given up hope of restoring contact with the MAVEN ...

MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.

ESA's first mission to another world, the Mars Express orbiter, began circling the Red Planet on June 2, 2003. Ever since, ...

NASA’s long record of Martian exploration has trained the public to expect a steady stream of images and data from the Red ...

Valles Marineris is more than a canyon—it’s a geological mosaic captured in stunning detail by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The canyon walls expose lava flows, sedimentary layers, hydrated ...

The Indian space program has kick-started its launch plans for 2026 with the launch of PSLV-C62, a crucial move that will ...

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Even though the Red Planet's atmosphere is thin, wind is still one of Mars' most relentless sculptors.

Nearly 14 years ago, NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars for a mission to explore the red planet and discover if it had an ...

Several other threatened programs may now have a better chance of staying funded, but the move indefinitely postpones our ...