An curved arrow pointing right. On Oct. 19, the Schiaparelli lander entered the Martian atmosphere, scheduled for a safe touch down. But something went wrong, and for the last two days, the ...

We kept the lander suspended under the parachute until the last possible ... and long-stay” mission designs. Long stays would require the astronauts to be on Mars for 545 days (530 Martian ...

The InSight lander has successfully touched down on Mars, beginning a two-year mission to peer deep inside the red planet's interior. Technicians and engineers inspect the heat shield for the ...

InSight Lander: Understanding its mission on Mars InSight, which stands for Interior Exploration using ... MRO captures InSight’s last images: In October, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ...

(CNN)-- The Phoenix Mars Lander has ... to low power, mission managers said Thursday. And while they hope to recharge batteries and reactivate the spacecraft in the coming days, they say the ...

The Japanese space agency JAXA is studying use of inflatable aeroshells to enable landings of small Mars rovers ... Phobos with those from the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) spacecraft ...

(CNN)-- A dust storm and the onset of Martian winter have brought the Phoenix Mars Lander's mission to ... reporters in a teleconference. Mission controllers last heard from the vehicle on ...