NASA’s veteran Mars orbiter MAVEN has fallen ominously silent, cutting off a decade-long stream of atmospheric data that reshaped how scientists think about the red planet’s past. After weeks without ...
Martian winds can have quite an impact. ESA's Mars Express has spotted them whipping up sand grains and acting as a cosmic ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Mars has wave-like soil patterns that match those found on Earth. This image, taken from the Mars ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Frozen sand dunes sit locked in place in Mars' northern hemisphere, stuck until the spring thaw ...
NASA lost communication with its MAVEN probe nearly a month ago, and efforts to re-establish a connection have been futile.
Blue Origin successfully launched its massive New Glenn rocket on Thursday following days of delays, with the spacecraft carrying NASA’s twin satellites bound for Mars. Thursday’s mission marked the ...
NASA has announced plans to procure a new communications satellite that would orbit Mars and transmit data to and from the Red Planet. The proposed price tag is $700 million, representing close to 4% ...
A pair of Mars-bound satellites are back at Kennedy Space Center a year after NASA bowed out of its chance to be part of the debut launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn. The satellites for the Escape and ...