Opportunity was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, was pronounced dead 15 years after it landed on the red planet. Continue reading →

The research team is developing an instrument that’ll be better at analyzing mineral data on Mars. Continue reading →

Ex-astronaut Robert Thirsk is expected to help the Canadian Space Agency figure out how to contribute medical expertise to a human mission to Mars. Continue reading →

These are the first sounds from Mars that are detectible by human ears, according to researchers. Continue reading →

Is there life on Mars? We’re not sure yet, but there’s certainly music up there. Continue reading →

InSight — the eighth successful Martian lander — should be wrapping up two years of digging and quake monitoring by the time rovers arrive from the U.S., Europe and China. Continue reading →

NASA’s probe sent back two photos of its new home after it made a successful touchdown at around 3 p.m. ET on Monday. Continue reading →

Humans have an expensive history of crashing probes into Mars, where only about half of all missions have succeeded. Continue reading →

The journey of six months and 300 million miles (482 million kilometres) comes to a precarious grand finale Monday afternoon. Continue reading →