Successful entry, descent and landing on Mars by Perseverance rover sparked euphoria at JPL's mission control. (Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls) Kink in the curve.

If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.

Unlike other Mars missions—landers and rovers sent to drive around sandy craters or study surface features—InSight will be the first spacecraft to spend its time on Mars observing the inner ...

NASA now wants to send two landers to bring Mars rocks back to Earth — here’s why A much-anticipated sample-return mission has been pushed back while Perseverance looks for life on the Red Planet ...

In this frame grab taken from NASA TV on Nov. 26, 2018, debris is seen on the lens in the first image from NASA's InSight lander after it touched down on the surface of Mars. NASA TV via AFP/Getty ...

NASA's Viking probes were the first ever to successfully set footpad on Mars in a powered landing. The Viking 1 lander set down in July 1976 and didn't go silent until November 1982.

A commercial effort to get humans into orbit around Mars in the late 2020s now includes a sleek vehicle to send astronauts down to the surface of the Red Planet.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has safely landed on Mars after its 292.5 million-mile journey from Earth, the agency confirmed.

As SpaceX lands its Super Heavy rocket booster, Elon Musk predicts that the breakthrough could pave the way for a sustainable city on Mars by 2054.

The lander is touching down in dust-storm season—and NASA scientists have warned that Mars could see a rare planet-wide storm this year, which would make for challenging landing conditions and ...

In 1976, NASA's twin Viking landers touched down on Mars in an attempt to answer a weighty question: Is there life on the Red Planet?