Exploration advocates are pushing back against the planned cancellation of NASA's Mars sample return project, saying it could ...

Pioneer Astronautics has conducted a successful dynamic test of its Mars solar balloon inflation system. The experiment, performed at an altitude of 116,000 ft over Kuner Colorado on September 26, was ...

"We just decided to turn the camera on and see how it looked." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Odyssey spacecraft, the ...

NASA's Mars Odyssey robotic spacecraft, which has been exploring Mars for over two decades, is set to complete an impressive milestone on June 30: 100,000 orbits around the Red Planet. Since its ...

Mars is about 140 million miles from our cozy planet. A human mission to that cold, rocky neighbor would mean being away from Earth for about 3 years. But the things those explorers would see and ...

After just a year working on Mars, the NASA rover Curiosity is changing the way we look at our solar system. Scientists say it may change how we look at ourselves, too. “This work changes the picture ...

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...