Lights blink on as I enter the Rover Operations Center at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, at 7:30 a ...

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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is about to pull off a dramatic close flyby of Mars, skimming just 2,800 miles above the planet to get a powerful gravitational boost on its journey to the mysterious ...

The spacecraft aced its encounter with Mars. Now, mission scientists are studying a trove of data from the flyby in preparation for its arrival at asteroid Psyche in 2029. NASA's Psyche spacecraft ...

Perseverance caught Earth slipping behind Phobos on Mars, the first time anyone has recorded the sight from another planet's ...

NASA has ended its MAVEN mission after losing contact with the spacecraft after an 11-year exploration of Mars’ atmosphere and climate. NASA has officially concluded its MAVEN mission after more than ...

Mars exploration could soon enter a powerful new era as NASA prepares to send a working nuclear reactor toward the Red Planet ...

A half-century after the Viking landers touched down on the Red Planet, the debate over whether they found signs of life ...