Finding the whereabouts of NASA’s Mars Polar Lander might offer some clues about its true fate. But there is a good scientific reason to spot the wreckage as well – a motive tied to life on ...

Nearly six years after NASA's Mars Polar Lander (search) vanished during a landing attempt on the Red Planet, a scientist said he has spotted what appears to be wreckage of the spacecraft.

Blue Origin has been mum about the payload that will fly on this rocket, but multiple people have told Ars that the current ...

After the Mars ’98 failures, NASA canceled plans to launch a lander in 2001, but continued work on an orbiter, dubbed Mars Odyssey, which launched in 2001 and currently is orbiting the Red Planet.

Mars Polar Lander (MPL) was sent to a site near the edge of the planet’s southern polar cap. ... Tianwen-2 launch: China begins 10-year mission to Kamoʻoalewa and 311P/Pan-STARRS.

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of ...

NASA’s InSight Mars lander, seen inside its spacecraft's backshell on April 6, 2018 as it was being prepared for launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (Image credit: collectSPACE.com) ...

It all begins with launch from pad 3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base northwest of Los Angeles at 4:05 a.m. PDT (GMT-7; 7:05 a.m. EDT) Saturday, two years late because of a problem with the ...

A robotic probe designed to touch and analyze Martian water for the first time is being prepared for launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, officials said Tuesday.

In December 1999, NASA’s long-awaited Mars Polar Lander space mission came to an abrupt and disappointing end when the spacecraft apparently smashed into the surface of the planet as it ...

When it comes to missions to Mars, NASA has been on a winning streak in recent decades. Its Spirit, Opportunity, Phoenix, Curiosity, InSight, and Perseverance missions have all landed successfully ...

The Perseverance rover is collecting samples on Mars and scouting locations where future missions can land – and launch from – the red planet, to return precious Martian samples to Earth for ...