Launch windows to the red planet are rare and dictated by orbital positions. This constraint has long dictated the rhythm of missions, imposing waits of several years between each opportunity. However ...

Image number 100,000, which was captured on Oct. 7, "shows mesas and dunes within Syrtis Major, a region about 50 miles (80 ...

For the first time in more than five years, humanity has launched a mission to Mars — but it won't be arriving at the Red Planet anytime soon. NASA's twin ESCAPADE probes launched Thursday (Nov. 13) ...

Nov. 12 (UPI) --Private space company Blue Origin canceled Wednesday's planned Mars-bound launch from Florida of its ESCAPADE craft for the second time due to increased solar flare activity. The ...

Blue Origin launched its second heavy-lift New Glenn rocket Thursday, putting two small NASA satellites onto a long, looping course to Mars to learn more about how the sun has slowly blown away the ...

NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that's been orbiting Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly stopped communicating to ground stations over the weekend.