No matter how many missions to Mars she takes part in, the sheer joy of unearthing discoveries about the red planet never gets old for Mariek Schmidt.

Scientists may have figured out how Mars hung onto its surface liquid water in its ancient history via alternating periods of ...

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

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 ...

There are many obstacles to overcome before humans can set foot on Mars, including problems surrounding launch mass and ...

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.

Living on Mars will be no easy feat. Building viable living quarters would require an inflatable habitat that can be covered ...

Nelson said both options involve cleaning Martian dust from the tubes on the planet surface instead of on the return vehicle, and using one of the spare arms on the Mars Perseverance rover to ...

The study of ancient lava formations on Mars is the most complete to date from a series of observations conducted on the ...

That's a sky crane, similar to the ones that helped lower NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers on Mars' surface. The second option involves working with existing commercial partners ...