NASA just declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after a dozen productive years circling the Red Planet. Here's the fate that ...

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Over more than a decade at Mars, the orbiter revealed how the solar wind strips away the planet’s atmosphere — and why the ...

A routine pass behind Mars marked the end of an era for one of NASA’s most important space missions. After more than a decade ...

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft was in excellent shape when it disappeared behind Mars on December 6 of last year. The routine ...

The first astronauts to set foot on Mars should hunt for signs of past or present Red Planet life. That's the overarching conclusion of an in-depth report about human Mars exploration from the U.S.

A former chief historian of NASA reflects on the history and future of Mars exploration Roger D. Launius The original 'Face on Mars' image taken by NASA's Viking 1 orbiter that resembled a human face ...

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could reach 2040. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Left panel: collecting and processing the Martian atmosphere to a working state. Achieved through mechanical compression, cryogenic trapping or temperature swing adsorption. Middle panel: utilizing ...

From Australia's remote deserts to the surface of Mars, geological mapping underpins how we understand landscapes, natural ...