Mars has mysterious areas that remain unexplored due to stringent planetary protection rules. These forbidden zones are ...

NASA's Curiosity rover captured a panoramic image of Mars that resembles an Earthly sunset. For over a decade, the Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for signs of past life. The rover took the ...

NASA Curiosity rover, which launched from Florida in 2011, captured panoramic image of Mars that resembles a sunset on Earth.

For nearly two decades, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured ultra-high-definition images of Valles Marineris, Mars’ ...

After nearly five years on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has traveled almost 25 miles (40 kilometers), and the mission team has been busy testing the rover’s durability and gathering new science ...

Bringing samples from Mars back to Earth is one of NASA's most ambitious goals. The plan goes back to the 1970s, with NASA's robotic exploration program, when the first spacecraft landed on the ...

The only way to create a sustainable program of exploring the moon and Mars with humans, beyond the initial flush of achievement, is by fully integrating science into our planning. We won’t be able to ...

Mars is seen as the next major challenge for human exploration, but establishing life there is not easy.

1. Why explore Mars? -- 2. Planning, space campaigns and missions -- 3. Getting there and back -- 4. Critical Mars mission elements -- 5. In situ utilization of indigenous resources -- 6. Mars mission ...

What makes colonizing Mars a good idea? Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy Is probably the best example but it mostly uses the backdrop of Mars as a plot device ...