NASA's orbiter photographed the retired InSight lander on Mars, now buried in rust-red dust. What it's still revealing about the planet is extraordinary.

The Japanese space agency JAXA is studying use of inflatable aeroshells to enable landings of small Mars rovers. Credit: ISAS/JAXA WASHINGTON — An institute in Japan’s space agency is pursuing a ...

What: A SETI Live discussion on 50 years of Mars exploration since the historic Viking 1 landing. Guests: SETI Institute planetary scientist Dr. Pascal Lee and Deputy ...

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a ...

On Aug. 4, 2007, NASA launched its Phoenix Mars Lander on a mission to touch down on Mars. The robotic spacecraft was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has captured several images of the Insight lander on the Red Planet between 2018 and 2024 ...

As the Orion, the world’s most advanced deep-space capsule, counts down to circumnavigating the Moon, that trek could be the forerunner to a cascade of Mars missions in the 2030s. Shown here is a ...

Scientists peering into the very heart of hearts of the planet Mars have found a deeply unexpected structure. There, at the innermost core of the planet, InSight seismic data reveals a solid mass ...

The final resting place – and ultimate fate – of Europe’s Beagle 2 Mars lander will have to remain a mystery for now: High-resolution images show no trace of it where it was thought to lie. The HiRISE ...

On July 20, 1976, Viking 1 touched down on the Red Planet, and became the first robotic spacecraft to successfully carry out a scientific mission on the Martian surface.

Landing on Mars is hard – as any glance at a list of failed missions will tell you. That’s why there will be cheering and genuine relief this Sunday if all goes well and the Phoenix mission touches ...