The Zhurong rover was scheduled to wake up from its hibernation in December, but has remained idle on the same Martian spot for nearly a year.
The space agency needs an additional $250 million this fiscal year to make sure the Martian mission stays on schedule to launch in 2028.
The space agency seeks to ensure the highly complex mission isn’t the latest to suffer delays, cancellations, or budgetary overruns.
A high-resolution compilation of 110,000 images offers the most comprehensive portrait of the Red Planet yet.
The space agency's proposed longterm strategy for exploring the Red Planet involves lower-cost missions and paving the way for humans to land on Mars.
The Biden administration wants $27.2 billion for NASA’s 2024 budget, with the space agency prioritizing Moon and Mars missions.
The robotic arm is integral to the Mars Sample Return Program, a joint venture between NASA and ESA that's seeking to return Martian samples to Earth in 2033.
China's inaugural Mars mission was scheduled to resume after a precautionary winter pause, but controllers can't seem to make contact with the rover or orbiter.
The lander did not respond to pings from NASA after months of dwindling power.
Maps of the Martian surface suggest something big hit the planet 3.4 billion years ago.
A documentary streaming on Amazon Prime Video tells the very human story of two robots on Mars.
A future mission will pick up these rock cores and bring them to Earth, where scientists will search them for signs of ancient life.
The impact was intense enough that NASA's InSight lander detected the seismic waves from over 2,000 miles away.
A resilient microbe is boosting researchers’ hopes for life on Mars.
The tests could lead to effective protective measures against micrometeoroid impacts, which threaten spacecraft and robotic missions.
The four-wheeled robot was supposed to collect sample tubes on Mars, but a change to the mission left the rover without a purpose. That might change.
Mangalyaan's impressive eight-year run in Martian orbit has likely come to an end, with the Indian probe suffering through recent energy-starving eclipses.
The updated “Moon to Mars” blueprint involves 63 high-level objectives that could finally bring the Red Planet within reach.
In scientific terms, each crash sounds like a "bloop."
Long before a spacecraft launches or a rover puts its wheels to alien ground, NASA produces awe-inspiring art to depict the mission.
