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

MAVEN has circled Mars for more than a decade, exploring the planet and relaying data from robots on the surface.

When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander to take ...

MAVEN (short for "Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution") has been silent since Dec. 4, despite repeated efforts to hail the ...

For several decades, it has been thought that dust devils on Mars may be able to produce spark discharges. Many lab ...

From NASA's Death Valley tests for Mars helicopter replacements to Ukraine's interceptor drones, the rapid evolution of drone ...

Scientists from the LASSIE project with their quadruped robot at White Sands National Park, New Mexico in August. The quadruped robot was able to scout and train autonomously. The work is part of NASA ...

For more than a decade, a steady radio whisper has linked Earth to a workhorse spacecraft circling Mars. Now that voice has ...

The White House scheme to reshape NASA by slashing its funding could jeopardize future human flights to Mars. Shown here is NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft - one of the three Mars orbiters set to ...

NASA funds new software to enhance drone navigation over featureless Martian terrain. This initiative supports autonomous ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is testing drone navigation software in Death Valley to prepare future rotorcraft for Mars’ ...

A view inside the sandbox portion of NASA’s Crew Health and Performance Analog, where research volunteers participate in simulated walks on the surface of Mars. NASA is not quite sending astronauts to ...