A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

Boise State physics professor Brian Jackson worked with NASA to get access to Ingenuity flight data. He used it to analyze ...

Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of wheels. NASA’s Perseverance rover, for example, sports ...

An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

The mystique of Mars has been studied for centuries. The fourth planet from the sun is reminiscent of a rich, red desert and features a rugged surface challenging to traverse. While several robotic ...

NASA will explore two different strategies for fetching Mars rocks collected by the Perseverance rover, and there's a chance ...

The Zhurong Mars rover is named after the mythological fire deity Zhurong and is part of China’s Mars Mission. It landed on Mars in 2021 and explored the surface for 358 Mars days before ...

Bringing Martian rock and soil samples to Earth is among the top priorities of planetary scientists. By studying fresh rocks ...

NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The samples may arrive sooner.