Elon Musk voices renewed hope for first crewed Mars mission
With his new buddy Donald Trump now back in the White House, SpaceX boss Elon Musk has renewed hope of getting the first humans to Mars before the end of…
NASA has two ideas for how to get samples back from Mars
NASA has big goals for Mars. It wants to collect the first-ever samples from the Martian surface and deliver them back to Earth in an ambitious mission called Mars Sample…
NASA’s exciting 2024 began with a crash that ended a historic mission
NASA had a busy 2024, overseeing space station operations, monitoring a slew of ongoing missions, preparing for upcoming Artemis lunar flights, and much more besides. It also began the year…
NASA orbiter captures one last image of retired InSight lander on Mars
NASA’s Insight lander spent four years on the surface of Mars, uncovering secrets of the planet’s interior, but it eventually succumbed to the most martian of environmental threats: dust. Mars…
NASA learns how the Ingenuity helicopter ended up crashing on Mars
Earlier this year, the NASA helicopter Ingenuity came to the end of its mission after an incredible 72 flights on Mars. The helicopter flew a remarkable 30 times farther than…
Take a flight over Mars’ Ares Vallis in a new video from Mars Express
A new video shows what it would be like to cruise over the surface of Mars, zooming in to the planet from orbit and into a channel called the Ares…
NASA’s Mars rover reveals what it’s grateful for this Thanksgiving
It’s not just people who are sharing what they’re grateful for during Thanksgiving today. Mars rovers are, too. In a post on X, NASA’s Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars…
Watch NASA’s Mars video of a ‘googly eye’ during solar eclipse
As it continues its painstaking search for microbial life on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has also been reporting otherworldly happenings occurring during its adventures. Just recently, for example, one of…
NASA’s Perseverance rover shares update during tricky Mars climb
NASA’s Perseverance rover is in the middle of a months-long journey up the rim of Jezero Crater on Mars, and on Thursday it beamed back a status update. The vehicle…
A NASA Mars rover has a giant hole in one of its wheels
If the tire on your car fails, it’s either a case of changing it yourself or getting someone to do it for you. For rovers on Mars, neither option is…