The quiet hours before a rocket launch always carry a sense of hope, especially when a mission aims to answer old questions about a distant world. That feeling is strong as NASA gets ready to send a ...

'A lot of people talk about Mars. We like Mars, we're gonna land on Mars. We're gonna do a city on Mars. But let's get it ...

A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to less than a year.

Mars has captured human imagination for centuries, but the Red Planet holds far more secrets than NASA typically shares with the public. While the space agency presents Mars as a fascinating but ...

President Donald Trump’s single reference to space in his second inaugural address Monday pointed in an unexpected direction. In his prepared remarks, Trump, a longtime backer of U.S.-led space ...

Libby Hausrath leads a team involved in Perseverance Rover’s mission to collect samples from Mars. Libby Hausrath leads a team of researchers involved in the Perseverance Rover’s mission to collect ...

PASADENA, Calif. • Mars is set to get its latest visitor Sunday night when NASA's new robotic rover, named Curiosity, attempts to land there. Mars has been a prime target for space exploration for ...