NASA’s new ESCAPADE mission is set to uncover the mysteries of Mars’ atmospheric loss, offering crucial insights into how the planet evolved from a potentially habitable world to the dry, barren ...

On Sept. 27, 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission beamed its very last data transmission back to Earth. The Mars Pathfinder mission consisted of a base station and the very first Mars rover named ...

Ross Elder of Williamstown, who will command a simulated mission living on Mars for 378 days. The mission begins Oct. 19. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — A Williamstown man will lead an Earth-based ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s historic attempt to bring samples from Mars to Earth could launch as soon as 2028, two years earlier than previously stated, according to a senior mission official. Hong Kong ...

If you were to stand on the surface of Mars in two years and look up to the night sky, you might see a bright streak flying across the heavens, followed a few minutes later by another. Rather than ...

NASA's first dual-satellite mission to another planet, ESCAPADE, is slated to launch this weekend. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

Blue Origin scrubbed Sunday’s launch attempt due to poor weather, a cruise ship in restricted waters near the launch site, and ground system issues. The company says the next available launch ...

It might be surprising to hear planetary scientist Nina Lanza use the word “disappointing” in the same sentence as “Mars.” After all, the Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher has dedicated her ...

On Thursday 3:55 p.m. EST, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission, led by UC Berkeley researchers, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, en route to Mars ...

On the surface of Mars, a rover has filled over two dozen airtight titanium tubes with pristine rock samples, each a little thicker than a pencil. Some tubes have been stashed on the Red Planet's ...