LOS ANGELES — NASA's flagship mission to land a nuclear-powered, next-generation rover on Mars is facing development problems and ballooning costs that could threaten its scheduled launch next year.

After nine favorite names were selected by grade school students for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, now it is your turn to vote for your favorite one, which will become the new name for NASA's new ...

On July 15, 2025, NASA’s Curiosity Rover continued its investigation of Mars with a mix of scientific observations and geological analyses. As part of theMars Science Laboratory Mission, Curiosity ...

NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) has successfully completed a set of rigorous actuator tests, which agency managers hope is a sign that the problem-plagued rover mission has finally turned a ...

Ben Tutolo, associate professor in the Department of Earth, Energy and Environment in the Faculty of Science at the University of Calgary, is the lead researcher on a paper about Mars. Tutolo is a ...

It’s an age-old question. Was there ever life on Mars? Earth just got closer to an answer — maybe. A rover built and managed in Southern California, with a mission to understand the Red Planet has ...

NASA is testing the limits of future Mars aircraft as it works to develop a next-generation fleet of helicopters that will fly through the thin atmosphere of the Red Planet.

Research from NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence of a carbon cycle on ancient Mars, bringing scientists closer to an answer on whether the red planet was ever capable of supporting life. Lead ...