When NASA’s Perseverance rover dropped through the thin Martian atmosphere and settled into Jezero Crater, it did more than stick a precision landing. For the first time, a robot on another world ...

To land on the right foot on the Red Planet, European engineers have been dropping a skeleton of the four-legged ExoMars descent module at various speeds and heights on simulated Martian surfaces.

3:53 p.m.: Perseverance parachute has deployed to help control its descent to Mars. The spacecraft is now traveling at subsonic speeds. Here goes! Lighting the engines on my “jetpack” for final ...

Nearly 14 years ago, NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars for a mission to explore the red planet and discover if it had an environment capable of supporting microbial life. Over the years, the rover ...

NASA successfully landed its fifth robotic rover, Perseverance, on the surface of Mars on Thursday after its six-month voyage from Earth. "Touchdown confirmed," NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

It feels like we’ve been 10 years away from a Mars landing for about four decades now, yet the Red […] ...

(CBS News/CBS Local)-- Was there ever life on Mars? Maybe. Is there sound? Definitely. On Friday, NASA released audio of the Martian wind, the first time sound has been recorded on another planet's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If humans are ever to land on Mars, they will need somewhere to stay—a protective shell that can shield them from the sun’s harsh ...

NASA successfully tested an inflatable heat shield prototype Monday (July 23), a technology that could one day be used for future space exploration missions, including landing humans on Mars, its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On January 3, 2004, NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars! Also known as Mars Exploration Rover 2, this was the first of NASA's twin ...