On 13 November, the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamic Explorers (EscaPADE) mission launched to space on the New ...

For decades, the case for sending people to Mars has rested on a mix of romance, rivalry, and raw curiosity. Now a cluster of ...

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

Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations on Dec. 6.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly ...

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

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For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may ...

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NASA has lost contact with MAVEN, a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than 11 years and one of only three ...