NASA launched the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in August 2005 and the following year, on March 10, it entered the orbit of the red planet where it continues to operate today. Data returned to Earth by ...

NASA’s Spirit rover landed on Mars in 2004 and was designed to operate for just 90 days. Instead, it explored the Martian surface for more than six years, capturing thousands of images and sending ...

What turns an oddly patterned Martian rock into one of the most watched clues in planetary science? For NASA’s Perseverance ...

Scientists studying Mars may have uncovered a brand-new mineral hidden in the planet’s ancient sulfate deposits. By combining laboratory experiments with orbital data, researchers identified an ...

Explore how Mars rover AutoNav and TRN lunar landing technologies advance autonomous spacecraft navigation, enabling self-guided, human-free space missions across Mars, the Moon, and beyond.

We spend billions imagining what other planets might look like. Meanwhile, Earth regularly flexes landscapes so strange they barely seem real. For example, our planet has bleeding glaciers, sulfuric ...

The closest most of us will ever get to visiting Mars is watching movies or scrolling through NASA photos, but Paint Mines Interpretive Park in Calhan offers a surprisingly convincing alternative.

Experience a simulated space shuttle launch at a center in Columbus Georgia where immersive exhibits and powerful visuals ...

(CNN) -- Scientists have proposed a scheme to introduce a series of planetary parks on Mars that would see areas of the Red Planet transformed into conservation zones. British microbiologist Charles ...

When it comes to the space sciences, nothing is quite as exciting as the search for alien life, and NASA thinks it has a good idea of where to look.

A new NASA satellite image has captured a rare view of an erupting volcano, revealing its bright red lava flow as seen from space.