Read a sci-fi short story every month and join a virtual community of fellow science fiction fans! NASA has given its ...

Mars Global Localization (MGL), a tech similar to GPS on Earth, lets Perseverance nail down its coordinates to about 10 inches.

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

What does the next generation of martian exploration look like? The answer, quite literally, is blowing in the wind. The Tumbleweed Mars rover, a spherical robot designed to roll across the martian ...

CNN — While robotic rovers may explore the surface of Mars on behalf of humans who can't safely land there yet, they aren't alone. A fleet of orbiters circling the planet act as dual-purpose ...

NASA is racing to understand why one of its most seasoned Mars orbiters suddenly fell silent, cutting off a critical scientific and communications lifeline around the Red Planet. The Mars Atmosphere ...

The success of any vehicle sent to explore an alien planet still relies heavily on human minds to plan everything, from mission scenarios to the routes rovers must take to reach their destination. But ...

Like most other rovers sent to alien worlds, the Perseverance was built to last. Although it was technically designed to conduct its core mission – finding signs of ancient life – in one Martian year ...