Perseverance and Ingenuity play a game of tag across Mars
The Perseverance rover is trundling across Mars's Jezero Crater, on its way to explore the site of an ancient river delta -- and it's got a friend with it.
See Mars’s beautiful Jezero Crater from the air in flyover video
Take a virtual flight over the famous Jezero Crater on Mars, thanks to the European Space Agency.
How Europe’s ExoMars rover plans to get to Mars without Russia
ExoMars was supposed to be a joint Europe-Russia mission. But the rover will now be sent to Mars using a European lander instead.
How much fuel is left in this 20-year-old Mars orbiter?
Figuring out how much fuel remains in the Mars Odyssey spacecraft turned out to be more complicated than NASA engineers were expecting.
See the Ingenuity helicopter’s stunning image of a Martian sunset
The tiny helicopter Ingenuity is still continuing to explore Mars, gearing up for its 47th flight. Recently it snapped an image of an otherworldly sunset.
Rovers could explore lava tubes on Mars or the moon using breadcrumbs
Engineers propose using robots to scout out lava tubes for use as human habitats with a method inspired by Hansel and Gretel.
China’s Mars rover appears to have stopped roving
Images from a NASA Mars orbiter show that China's Zhurong Mars rover hasn't moved for the last five months, suggesting the vehicle has stopped working.
It’s been 2 years since the Perseverance rover landed on Mars
In that time the rover has collected samples, made audio recordings, created oxygen, deployed a helicopter, taken thousands of images, and much more.
NASA’s Mars helicopter aces longest flight in almost a year
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter recently aced its 43rd flight, one that turned out to be its longest in almost a year.
Perseverance Mars rover shares detailed panorama of sample depot
Captured by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, a new panoramic image shows in great detail humanity’s first sample depot on another planet.
Mars Curiosity rover finds evidence of water where it was expected to be dry
Recently, the Curiosity rover has made an intriguing discovery suggesting that water was once present in an area that scientists had thought would be dry.
Ingenuity helicopter helps researchers learn about dust on Mars
One challenge of Mars exploration is something very small: dust. Now, researchers have used data from Ingenuity to understand more about how dust moves on Mars.
NASA Mars rover has discovered an alien rock
While NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover usually gets all the headlines, the older Curiosity rover is still seeking out interesting finds. And it’s just made one.
NASA’s Mars rover has just completed a historic task
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has finished what the space agency is calling humanity’s first sample depot on another planet.
Mars helicopter Ingenuity marks 40 flights and is still going strong
The Mars helicopter Ingenuity has made its third flight of the year, which also marks its 40th flight since it landed in the Jezero crater.
Mars helicopter keeps on flying as it approaches second anniversary
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has been on Mars for almost two years and the high-tech contraption is still in good enough shape to get airborne.
Perseverance rover celebrates its first Martian birthday
The Perseverance rover recently celebrated a milestone: its first Martian year since landing, which marks the end of its primary mission.
Perseverance rover experiment produces record amount of oxygen on Mars
Inside the belly of the Perseverance rover, currently exploring Mars's Jezero Crater, is a small box with a big job: making oxygen.
See the otherworldly sights of Mars in the wintertime
While the northern hemisphere of Earth experiences the winter solstice this week, there are also snowy winter scenes to be found on Mars.
NASA declares Mars InSight lander mission officially over
Just over four years after reaching the martian surface, NASA has officially announced the end of its InSight lander mission.
Final messages from NASA’s Mars lander will bring a tear to your eye
After four years of service, and with its power almost entirely gone, NASA's InSight lander has sent its final image from Mars.
The Perseverance rover is building a sample cache on Mars
Perseverance will soon begin stashing Martian sample tubes in a depot which will eventually hold 10 tubes deposited over around one month.
How will NASA keep Mars astronauts safe from cosmic radiation? Here’s the plan
Space is full of dangerous cosmic radiation, and in order to send astronauts to Mars, we'll need to protect them from it. Here's how.
Perseverance rover collects its first sample of Martian dirt
NASA's Perseverance rover, currently exploring Mars's Jezero Crater, has collected its first sample of dirt from the Martian surface.
NASA’s Mars helicopter has just set a new flight record
During its 35th flight on the red planet on Saturday, NASA's impressive Mars helicopter managed to set yet another aviation record.
How to see Mars at its brightest at opposition this week
Stargazers in the northern hemisphere are in for a treat as Mars has reached its closest point to Earth, giving the best view of the Red Planet until the 2030s.
Ingenuity takes shortest flight in Martian aviation history
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter recently completed its shortest-ever flight that successfully tested two new capabilities.
Perseverance rover explores sandstone pass for evidence of ancient life
The Perseverance rover recently arrived at a new area of Mars named the Yori Pass, which is an exciting opportunity to search for evidence of ancient life.
Watch NASA’s cinematic animation of upcoming Mars Sample Return mission
NASA has released a cinematic animation showing some of the key moments from the upcoming Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission.
Mars Express orbiter has relayed data from seven different Mars missions
Recently the European Space Agency's Mars Express set a new record for relaying data from seven different Mars surface missions.
How NASA’s Mars InSight lander mission will end
NASA's InSight lander reached Mars four years ago and has been working to gather data about the red planet's interior. But the mission will soon come to an end.
Rebooted Mars Express instrument peers inside martian moon Phobos
A nearly 20-year-old instrument on the Mars Express orbiter received a software upgrade that enabled it to take a close-up look at the martian moon Phobos.
Enormous meteor strike blows 500 foot-wide crater into Martian surface
One of the biggest meteor strikes ever witnessed in the solar system has been recorded by two different Mars missions.
Perseverance rover to drop off samples for return to Earth
The NASA Perseverance rover is paving the way for future missions which intend to bring samples back from Mars to Earth for the first time.