The Opportunity rover's mission on Mars was nothing short of extraordinary, lasting an astounding 14 years, over 20 times longer than initially expected. Launched in 2003 alongside its twin, Spirit, ...

NASA’s Opportunity rover, one of the most successful interplanetary missions in history, came to a dramatic and poignant end in 2019, after 15 years of groundbreaking exploration on Mars. The rover’s ...

"One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA's Opportunity rover mission is at an end after almost 15 years exploring the surface of Mars and helping lay the ...

Understanding the similarities and differences of the deserts on Earth and Mars will help space travelers survive future ...

Mars is known as the “Red Planet,” but it’s even more crimson as of late. The massive dust storm that has fully enveloped the planet … ...

A trip to Mars takes much longer than a trip to space. Most missions to Mars typically take between 6 and 9 months. For example, NASA's Perseverance rover took about 7 months to reach Mars.

Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called a scoopula. Then we drove ...

Sheel and his team found that when the atmosphere of Mars is laden with dust, the atmosphere becomes less conductive, ...

Martian dust devils may spark with electricity, potentially zapping rovers. New models show that charged dust could interfere ...

NASA's Perseverance Rover May Have Recorded Evidence Of Electrified Dust Devils On Mars On Sol 215, Perseverance's microphones were open as it entered the eye of a dust devil, finding a "very ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured new images of multiple "dust devils" (twisters) on Mars. The snaps have been taken by the Perseverance rover exploring the rim of Jezero Crater on Mars ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...