The engineering lesson is simple: Sometimes the best observatory is the one already parked at another planet. When an ...

On January 29, 1989, a Soviet space probe named Phobos 2 arrived in orbit around Mars. This was the last space mission ...

MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.

NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations ...

Blue Origin scrubbed Sunday’s launch attempt due to poor weather, a cruise ship in restricted waters near the launch site, and ground system issues. The company says the next available launch ...

In a new Nature News & Views article, Bishop and Parente explore how these findings, combined with Perseverance's confirmation of the minerals observed from orbit and discoveries of unusual minerals ...

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On November 13, 1971, Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit Mars. At the time, scientists didn't know much about the Red Planet. NASA had several flybys before Mariner 9. Those flybys showed ...

After the smooth arrival of ESA's latest Mars orbiter, mission controllers are now preparing it for the ultimate challenge: dipping into the Red Planet's atmosphere to reach its final orbit. A recent ...

"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if ...