Edgar once designed science experiments for astronauts to perform. Now she'll be the astronaut performing them.

NASA has sent five robotic vehicles to Mars. Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance. Look back at the missions. (NASA/AFP via Getty Images) Martian mudstones contain features that ...

Now, nine years later, that ambitious journey is about to begin. The Mars 2020 mission launched from Cape Canaveral on July 30, 2020, and is scheduled to land in Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021. If ...

Throughout the history of space exploration, fewer than ten missions have successfully landed on Mars without any mishaps.

What innovative rovers can be developed to advance Mars surface exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the Division for ...

NASA has just shared one of its most impressive Mars panoramas to date. Captured by its trusty Curiosity rover, the panorama (below) of the Martian landscape comprises 44 images taken by the rover’s ...

For Mars scientists working on rover mission teams, something very similar occurs when rovers send back their daily downlinks of data. Developing an intuition for interpreting these complex datasets ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ari Koeppel, Dartmouth College (THE CONVERSATION) NASA’s search for evidence of past ...