Mars has hosted a surprising number of robotic visitors, yet the question of where humans should touch down remains wide open. As engineers refine maps of potential Mars landing sites, one location ...

On Sunday evening in Pasadena — Monday morning in Times Square — a scientific laboratory is schedule to land on the surface of Mars.With Mars roughly 154 million miles away, the landing can't be ...

When Spirit dropped through the thin Martian air and bounced to a stop inside Gusev Crater, it did more than survive a high‑risk landing. It opened a new era in which rovers became the primary way ...

NASA released a new video Monday from last week’s historic landing of the rover Perseverance on Mars. “These are the stuff of our dreams. It’s what we’ve been dreaming about,” Al Chen, Perseverance ...

According to NASA, the rover’s landing was the most challenging touchdown on Mars that’s been attempted by the agency. Right before the landing, NASA engineers were on pins and needles as the rover ...

On the three-year anniversary of the Mars landing of NASA's Curiosity rover, NASA is unveiling two new online tools that open the mysterious terrain of the Red Planet to a new generation of explorers, ...

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 ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX reportedly plans to focus on a return to the moon before pursuing its long-stated ambitions to reach Mars. SpaceX Shifts Focus From Mars To The Moon SpaceX has told investors it ...