The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s.

The Martian dichotomy came to light in the 1970s following the Viking Probe's transmission of remarkably detailed Martian ...

Why does its southern hemisphere rise significantly above the smoother northern plains? A groundbreaking study using seismic ...

A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...

Mars, the enigmatic Red Planet, has long puzzled scientists with a dramatic geological contrast between its hemispheres, ...

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ancient life on Mars.

On this date, Jan. 3, 1999, NASA launched the Mars Polar Lander as part of then -NASA administrator Dan Goldin’s “Better, Faster, Cheaper” initiative. But as the saying goes, you can only ...

The ‘Martian dichotomy’ is one of the Solar System’s greatest mysteries – but new research in closing in on a solution.

Currently, Blue Origin is contracted by NASA to send its ESCAPADE science mission to Mars, as well as a a future human lunar lander known as Blue Moon. For now, there is a lot of uncertainty with the ...

The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working under the incoming Trump administration. President-elect Donald Trump ...