A TOP scientist claims she was sacked by Nasa after raising concerns about alien life on Mars. Catharine Conley, the agency’s ...

The Mars 2020 rover mission is part of NASA’s Mars exploration program, which has been a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet.

“[Mars 2020 is] a really interesting mission – I think it’s really well timed in the context of what has been happening,” Carberry said. NASA’s goal is to send a manned mission to Mars ...

NASA’s longer-term goal is to send a manned mission to Mars in the 2030s. However, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin said he thought a slightly later target date of 2040 was more realistic.

Survival on Mars will be a massive challenge for humanity. Due to its thin atmosphere, there are high variations in temperature, no breathable oxygen or water, high levels of radiation, and severe ...

The two rovers have quite different missions. NASA plans to launch a rover to Mars this July to hunt for signs of ancient Red Planet life. The new Mars 2020 rover's body is similar to that of the ...

WASHINGTON — Despite concerns that aging spacecraft currently at Mars will fail in the next several years, NASA has yet to formally approve plans for any Mars missions beyond a 2020 rover, such ...

When NASA’s Mars 2020 rover lands on the Red Planet in February 2021, it will touch down in Jezero Crater, the site of a lake that existed 3.5 billion years ago.

As NASA continues preparations for the summer 2020 Florida launch of its Mars 2020 rover, including the recent completion of testing the spacecraft in Mars-like conditions, public safety remains a … ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA just launched another rover to Mars, the eleventh mission sending a spacecraft to explore the red planet. The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover launched Thursday morning ...