NASA is quietly laying the groundwork for a new generation of robots that will not just survive on Mars, but move, scout and ...

NASA is about to lock in a verdict on how long its Perseverance rover can keep working on Mars, and the answer will shape the ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...

The distance feat comes as the Mars Perseverance rover reaches another milestone. After nearly five years of roaming the Red Planet, it’s now traveled almost 25 miles. With the help of autonomous ...

NASA teams are testing drones, robot dogs, and new flight software in America’s toughest deserts to prepare for the ...

For several decades, it has been thought that dust devils on Mars may be able to produce spark discharges. Many lab experiments shaking sand around in a low-pressure carbon dioxide atmosphere, like ...

When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander to take ...

MAVEN has circled Mars for more than a decade, exploring the planet and relaying data from robots on the surface.

NASA has lost contact with one its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars ...

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MAVEN (short for "Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution") has been silent since Dec. 4, despite repeated efforts to hail the spacecraft, NASA announced in an update on Monday (Dec. 15). And a ...