Landing the Curiosity rover on Mars is the most difficult and nail-biting part of the whole mission. See just how hard it is to land on Mars in this 60-second video.

This is a full-resolution version of the NASA Curiosity rover descent to Mars, taken by the MARDI descent imager. As of August 20, all but a dozen 1600x1200 frames have been uploaded from the rover, and those missing were interpolated using thumbnail data. The result was applied a heavy noise reduct...

NASA announced that its Curiosity rover had discovered organic material—carbon containing molecules that are essential building blocks for life—within Gale Crater, a 3.5 billion-year-old bedrock that scientists believed might have held a lake. The Curiosity rover also confirmed signs of methane—the

All landings on Mars are difficult, but NASA's Perseverance rover is attempting to touch down in the most challenging terrain on Mars ever targeted.

This artist's concept animation depicts key events of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which launched November 26, 2011 and it is schedule to land in Mars on August 6, 2012.

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission (MER) is an ongoing robotic space mission involving two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars. It began in 2003 with the sending of the two rovers—MER-A Spirit and MER-B Opportunity—to explore the Martian surface and geology.

NASA’s Perseverance Rover has reached the Red Planet and will go through the final phase known as Entry, Descent and Landing. Perseverance was launched on July 30, 2020, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, aboard an ULA’s Atlas V-541 rocket, and will land on Mars at Jezero Crater after travelli

What does it take to get a spacecraft to Mars? This 60-second video covers a few key things to remember when planning a trip to the Red Planet.

Atlas V roars off the launch pad sending NASA's next Mars rover toward the Red Planet. The launch date was November 26, 2011 and the landing in Mars is scheduled for August 6, 2012.

For the first time in history, a recorded song has been beamed back to Earth from another planet. Students, special guests and news media gathered at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, to hear "Reach for the Stars" by musician will.i.am after it wa...