An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity seen flying during a fight. The Perseverance rover can be seen in the distance during the flight in an enhanced color image. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA ...

Mars helicopter Ingenuity appears to be missing rotor blades in Perseverance rover imagery captured. The rover's SuperCam Remote imager was used to capture the pic. Credit: Space.com | NASA/JPL-Caltec ...

The adverse environment is challenging for humans to land on and explore. This is where a Mars rover comes in handy. The Zhurong Mars rover is named after the mythological fire deity Zhurong and ...

New Insights Into How Mars Became Uninhabitable Oct. 7, 2024 — NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate ...

This illustration shows a concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples collected from the Mars surface by NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA ...

Discover real-time locations of Mars rovers, landers, and orbiters. Developed by NASA, the Mars Relay Network helps us to better understand the red planet by passing information between Earth and ...

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In a phenomenon called the occultation of Mars, the moon will pass directly in front of the red planet, temporarily hiding it from view for observers across large swaths of the Earth. Here's ...

On Monday night, we will see the highlight of the month, as the full wolf moon occults (covers) Mars. In this 2022 astropic, the full moon and Mars had a close encounter. This will be similar to ...

Perseverance is the fifth rover to land on the Red Planet. NASA scientists remember Mars Pathfinder’s Sojourner—the 90s experimental endeavor that started it all. Previously, the rover uncovered ...