According to NASA, the rover’s landing was the most challenging touchdown on Mars that’s been attempted by the agency. Right before the landing, NASA engineers were on pins and needles as the rover ...

A spectacular new video shows the Mars rover Curiosity's harrowing Red Planet landing in sharp detail, while another captures the drama and excitement surrounding the historic Aug. 5 event. The first ...

NASA's Curiosity rover, which launched in 2011 from Florida, found signs of organic material that on Earth is most often ...

NASA has successfully moved one of its Mars-orbiting spacecraft into a new position to provide prompt confirmation of the upcoming Aug. 5 landing of the new Curiosity rover on the Red Planet. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mars, with its rust-hued surface, is known as the red planet for a reason. Along the way, Curiosity has made some extraordinary ...

LOS ANGELES (NewsNation Now) — NewsNation reporter Gene Kang stopped by NASA’s Jet Propulsion lab as the agency celebrated a successful rover launch years in the making. “Touchdown confirmed!

NASA's Perseverance rover can now pinpoint its exact location on Mars without help from Earth, paving the way for longer, more autonomous exploration.

NASA has committed to running two competing landing architectures side by side for its Mars Sample Return mission, a strategy the agency has never attempted for a planetary return campaign. The ...