For the first time in more than five years, humanity has launched a mission to Mars — but it won't be arriving at the Red ...

A NASA mission is set to launch twin spacecraft on a journey to Mars. The robotic orbiters could lift off atop Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket as soon as Sunday.

After a weather delay dashed its first launch attempt over the weekend, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is again set for liftoff Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

On November 13, 1971, Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit Mars. At the time, scientists didn't know much about the ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- The Martian sky just got a little more crowded. After a seven-month cruise, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Friday joined a small fleet of spacecraft flying around Mars, a ...

Watch live as billionaire Jeff Bezos's space firm Blue Origin launches a NASA mission to Mars after two abandoned attempts.

The first full-duration simulation of a manned voyage to Mars has reached a major milestone: the ‘spacecraft’ yesterday ‘arrived’ at Mars after 244 days of virtual interplanetary flight. Three ...

Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick ...