NASA's next Mars rover finally has a name. Perseverance, a six-wheeled robotic explorer, will blast off this summer to collect Martian samples for eventual return to Earth. The name was suggested by ...

NASA's Perseverance rover found rocks on Mars that on Earth usually form in tropical environments. The case for the Mars Sample Return mission has never been more clear. During a press conference ...

NASA’s Opportunity rover has officially concluded its groundbreaking mission on Mars, sending its final signals to Earth and leaving behind a legacy that reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet.

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On day one of this administration, the president included his ambitions for Mars in his inaugural address, and again several weeks later to a joint session of Congress: “We are going to conquer the ...

A new strategy for robotic Mars exploration endorses the development of small missions, like a "rough lander" concept. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech WASHINGTON — NASA has refined its strategy for future ...

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