Massive Mars meteoroid strike that set off 'marsquake' helps NASA understand Red Planet's crust and core - NASA researchers ...

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 ...

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

Dozens of samples of rock and sediment collected from Mars that could be used to detect ancient microbial life could be returned to Earth as soon as 2035 and as late as 2039, depending on the course ...

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.

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

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 ...

while for a lander, you have to design and build a heat shield that can withstand the loads of atmospheric entry. Usually, this will mean that the arrival velocity of Mars cannot exceed a certain ...

A puzzle about Mars has intrigued scientists for decades. The planet’s two hemispheres are strikingly different in structure.