Definition: The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), commonly referred to as Mangalyaan-1, is a space probe launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on November 5, 2013. The indigenously-built ...

“Starship will make life multi-planetary, preserving life as we know it from extinction events on Earth,” Musk declared. If successful, the first crewed mission to Mars could take place by the early ...

China's Tianwen-3 mission aims to return Martian soil by 2031, outpacing NASA's delayed Mars sample return mission, now set for 2035, hindered by rising costs and timeline challenges. Listen to Story ...

How India's maiden mission to Mars became 'Mangalyaan': Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 2012 speech written in Urdu hid the answers.

This photo was selected by public vote and featured as "Image of the Week" for Week 73 (July 3 - 9, 2022) of the Perseverance rover mission on Mars.

This photo was selected by public vote and featured as "Image of the Week" for Week 98 (Dec. 25 - 31, 2022) of the Perseverance rover mission on Mars.

Snow dots the Martian landscape in these images from ESA's Mars Express orbiter and NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Hoping for a white Christmas this year? Well, even if there's no snow where ...

It will also test new robotic exploration tools for use on future missions to the moon or Mars. Japan's M2/Resilience mission, scheduled for January 2025, will launch a lander and micro-rover to ...

Earth and Mars in comparison. Mars has only about 10.7 percent of earth's mass but is roughly half ... [+] its radius. Mars remains a true puzzle, but not for the reasons most people would think.

Mars is on the cusp of becoming bigger and brighter than at any point since 2022 as it comes into alignment with Earth and the sun. Have you noticed Mars has been getting brighter and redder in ...

Did you know that Mars at opposition is a special time when Earth and Mars are closest? This happens when Earth passes directly between Mars and the Sun. At this point, Mars appears larger and ...