NASA Countdown to the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Launch

On June 17 NASA leadership and a panel of scientists and engineers previewed the upcoming Mars…

Curiosity Rover Spots Earth and Venus – From Mars

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover occasionally stops to stargaze. Recently, it captured a shot of Earth and…

ExoMars Spots Unique Green Glow Above Mars

On Earth, glowing oxygen is produced during polar auroras when energetic electrons from interplanetary space hit…

MAVEN Maps Electric Currents around Mars that are Fundamental to Atmospheric Loss

Five years after NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft entered into orbit around Mars, data from the mission has…

Mars Perseverance Rover’s Rocket Arrives

The United Launch Alliance booster for NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is offloaded from the Antonov 124…

Curiosity Rover Finds Clues To Chilly Ancient Mars Buried In Rocks

By studying the chemical elements on Mars today — including carbon and oxygen — scientists can…

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Goes Through Trials by Fire, Ice, Light and Sound

The agency’s new Mars rover is put through a series of tests in vacuum chambers, acoustic…

What Is Mars Made Of?

Earth-based experiments on iron-sulfur alloys thought to comprise the core of Mars reveal details about the…

Perseverance Rover Mission Getting in Shape for Launch

Engineers working on NASA’s Perseverance rover mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have begun…

Mars Perseverance Descent Stage Preparations

Engineers perform mass properties testing on the rocket-powered descent stage of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover at…