NASA has officially lost a decade-old Mars orbiter that performed vital scientific and communications work at the Red Planet. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, which launched ...

The space agency announced that the MAVEN spacecraft, which has circled Mars for more than a decade, is being decommissioned. By Katrina Miller On Wednesday, NASA announced the end of a more than ...

Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. On Wednesday, ...

STARBASE, Texas — During a presentation, SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk shared how he plans to use Starship to reach the planet Mars, and how in a few short years, there is a chance humans could ...

After six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft at Mars has been declared dead. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. The ...

Scientists studying Mars may have uncovered a brand-new mineral hidden in the planet’s ancient sulfate deposits. By combining laboratory experiments with orbital data, researchers identified an ...

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