Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

In an unexpected turn of events, NASA’s Curiosity rover has cracked open a rock on Mars, uncovering something so surprising ...

The long-lived Mars rover Spirit is stuck in the sand on Mars, and controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., are scrambling to extricate the vehicle before it becomes ...

After months of tests and analysis, engineers plan to send commands to the Spirit Mars rover Monday in an attempt to drive it out of powdery soil that has trapped the robot since April.

Rovers are one of the major workhorses of modern-day Mars exploration. Over the last two decades, these six-wheeled robotic emissaries have grown steadily in size and capability, providing ...

Space Watch: NASA shows Perseverance rover's Mars landing 00:53. After a long weekend without any updates or imagery from the Perseverance Mars rover, NASA released a spectacular bounty of video ...

T he Mars Rover — or as it was officially known, the Opportunity Mars Rover — arrived on Mars in 2004, for what was supposed to be a roughly 90-day visit to the Red Planet. The rover was sent ...

NASA planning to launch a new rover to Mars in search of past life 13:06. If you're tired of being cooped up and yearning for a get-away, have we got an adventure for you.

Engineers are cautiously exploring the terrain that the Mars rover Opportunity was stuck in for five weeks, seeking clues on how to avoid such traps in the future. After twirling and twirling its ...

NASA's Perseverance rover hits the Mars rock gold mine: 'It has been all we had hoped for and more' Farewell, Blue Ghost! Private moon lander goes dark to end record-breaking commercial lunar mission ...

Exploring the surface of Mars can be a perilous endeavor for a robot. Consider the plight of the wheeled Mars rover Spirit: The six-wheeled, 400-pound robot has been stuck in the Martian sand ...

The first Mars Exploration Rover landed on the red planet in January 2004. Initially, the mission was supposed to last 90 Martian days, but Spirit exceeded that by over 20 times.