Mars exploration depends on both orbiters and landers working together, with satellites watching missions from above as probes descend. Footage of a landing from orbit reveals how complex and ...

SpaceX has its sights set beyond the moon. As Starship development accelerates, we break down the company’s path to Mars, the ...

To land on the right foot on the Red Planet, European engineers have been dropping a skeleton of the four-legged ExoMars descent module at various speeds and heights on simulated Martian surfaces. The ...

NASA develops a flexible, fabric-based antenna for its next Mars SkyFall helicopters that will test for frozen water in the ...

South Korea aims to make a Mars landing by 2045, President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday, outlining plans to spend about $70 billion over the coming decades on space exploration. There's a reason Jezero ...

What: A SETI Live discussion on 50 years of Mars exploration since the historic Viking 1 landing. Guests: SETI Institute ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — NASA’s newest rover, the massive Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity, is less than two months away from plunging into the thin atmosphere of the Red Planet — a harrowing seven-minute ...

When Spirit dropped through the thin Martian air and bounced to a stop inside Gusev Crater, it did more than survive a high‑risk landing. It opened a new era in which rovers became the primary way ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joining us on the podcast will be: Dr. Pascal Lee, a planetary scientist, geologist and artist with the SETI Institute, Mars ...