Ever since humans gazed at the night sky, we’ve been drawn to that tiny reddish dot hovering above. Mars has captivated our imagination for generations, sparking countless questions about whether we ...

Traditionally, driving a rover on Mars is a slow and cautious process. Because Mars is, on average, 140 million miles (225 million kilometers) from Earth, commands can’t be sent in real time.

For the first time, a Mars rover has crossed alien ground following a route drawn up not by human engineers, but by artificial intelligence. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover recently completed a set of ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has yet again explained why Mars is a crucial mission for humans. His SpaceX ambitions include multiple ...

CNN — When a polar satellite designed to improve weather forecasting launches Thursday, an experimental heat shield will tag along. It could land humans on Mars. The two separate missions will both ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking ...

Since Viking 1 landed in 1976, humans have studied Mars from afar, relying on rovers and orbiters to analyze the planet. But with NASA planning a human mission as early as the 2030s, that will soon ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released today (Dec. 9) from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...