ARCA has successfully completed the validation test flight in the ExoMars Program High Altitude Drop Test (HADT), carried out in cooperation with the European Space Agency.
Opportunity is at the northern edge of 'Solander Point' on the rim of Endeavour Crater.
Some of Mars' deep craters were actually ancient supervolcanoes that may have changed the planet's climate, U.S.
Within its first three months on Mars, NASA's Curiosity Rover saw a surprising diversity of soils and sediments along a half-kilometer route that tell a complex story about the gradual desiccation of the Red Planet.
The first rock that scientists analyzed on Mars with a pair of chemical instruments aboard the Curiosity rover turned out to be a doozy - a pyramid-shaped volcanic rock called a "mugearite" that is unlike any other Martian igneous rock ever found.
During the nearly 14 months that it has spent on the red planet, Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, has scooped soil, drilled rocks, and…
The quest for evidence of life on Mars could be more difficult than scientists previously thought.
The first scoop of soil analyzed by the analytical suite in the belly of NASA's Curiosity rover reveals that fine materials on the surface of the planet contain several percent water by weight.
NASA has released its announcement of an open competition for the planetary community to submit proposals for the science and exploration technology…
NASA's Curiosity rover is revealing a great deal about Mars, from long-ago processes in its interior to the current interaction between the Martian surface and atmosphere.
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has resumed a trek of many months toward its mountain-slope destination, Mount Sharp.
Opportunity is at the northern edge of 'Solander Point' on the rim of Endeavour Crater.
It's not easy to simulate millions of miles electronically, but that's what engineers did recently as they tested the all-important communications…
Data from NASA's Curiosity rover has revealed the Martian environment lacks methane.
Is there life on Mars? The answer has eluded us for decades, and the more we explore the planet, the more elusive that answer seems to become.
India unveils its Mars mission space craft on Wednesday, saying the launch of the space craft is likely to happen in late October or early in November, local news agency PTI reported Thursday.
