Half a century after NASA first placed working hardware on Mars, the agency is preparing to explore not only the planet’s surface, but its skies. The story began on July 20, 1976, when Viking 1 ...

A spacecraft exploring the mysteries of Mars has celebrated its 20th anniversary. Since NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived at Mars in 2006, the spacecraft has delivered some of the most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has been exploring a curious geological formation made up of ridges that look like spiderwebs from ...

After a picture-perfect launch of twin Escapade spacecraft bound for Mars, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket aced landing on a recovery vessel floating in the Atlantic, helping power a revolution in ...

Join NASA’s rovers Curiosity and Perseverance as they traverse Mars’ rugged terrain, examining rocks, craters, and ancient riverbeds. Their groundbreaking discoveries reveal the planet’s geological ...

Viking 1 landed on Mars 50 years ago, so why haven't we sent people there? Because there are no property rights in space ...

Ingenuity marked a number of milestones in space exploration. Arguably most importantly, it proved that powered flight was possible on another planet. However, it did have some limitations, such as ...

When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander to take aim on the red planet would be taking shape by now. At the time, the leaders ...

On June 14, 2026, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover completed a marathon, or 26.2 miles (42.2 kilometers) as a spacecraft watched from orbit.