A new report published Tuesday, titled “A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars,” represents the answer from ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

The search for past or present life should be the top science objective of future human missions to Mars, a new National ...

NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that's been orbiting Mars for more than a decade ...

Humanity's exploration of Mars should be organized around the search for signs of past or present Red Planet life, according ...

One of NASA’s workhorse spacecraft in orbit around Mars has fallen silent, leaving agency personnel scrambling to ...

A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority ...

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission launches two small spacecraft to Mars to study magnetic fields, solar wind and the risks and limits of lower-cost space science.

One mission would involve a full 300 sols on the Red Planet, with the goal of finding extinct or current life on Mars. But ...

The first astronauts who walk on Mars are now being told to go as planetary detectives, not just pathfinders. A sweeping new ...

A new report said the first astronauts on Mars should have focused on searching for signs of life. It outlined mission goals, research plans, and guidance for future human exploration ...

NASA has abruptly lost contact with a key spacecraft circling Mars, cutting off a scientific workhorse that has spent years ...