After its voyage past Mars, Mariner 4 maintained intermittent communication with JPL and returned data about the interplanetary environment for two more years. But by the end of 1967, the spacecraft ...

Mariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of ...

The new test proved the capability of a new propellant that will enhance the rocket's performance, making a sample return mission from Mars increasingly viable.

With Trump’s new budget cutting NASA science programs, the Mars Sample Return mission could be replaced by a private-sector ...

New research suggests that the thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars could hold the key to understanding whether the Red Planet ever harbored life. These layers, thought to have formed ...

NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission may cost up to $11 billion, risking c Lockheed Martin proposes a reduced-cost plan using InSight lander techn Rocket Lab also offered a budget-friendly MSR proposal i ...

The more scientists study the Red Planet, the more they find unusual objects and patterns scattered across Mars' surface. As ...

On June 19, the six-wheeled explorer officially completed the longest day trip of any robot vehicle on another planet. In a ...

NASA is focused on the moon as a crucial stepping stone for future deep space exploration. Earth's moon is a 4.5-billion-year ...

A chunk of the Martian surface that made unlikely voyage to Earth will be available to highest bidder at Sotheby's auction in ...

Sixty years ago today, NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft took the first up-close images of Mars, changing humanity's understanding ...

The whopping 25-kilogram Martian rock will be sold at a special natural history-themed auction at Sotheby's in New York this ...