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Mariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of ...
Sixty years ago today, NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft took the first up-close images of Mars, changing humanity's understanding ...
Nearly two years into its mission, NASA’s Perseverance rover continues its groundbreaking exploration of Mars, pushing deeper into the planet’s geological and historical secrets. In this 21-month ...
In a groundbreaking development, NASA has released stunning 4K footage of Mars, offering the most detailed and lifelike view ...
As it flew by Mars, the spacecraft's onboard camera snapped 22 pictures of the planet's surface, sending them back home to ...
There's a broad consensus in the scientific community that a follow-up mission to Pluto should be an orbiter, and not a ...
If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.
After its voyage past Mars, Mariner 4 maintained intermittent communication with JPL and returned data about the interplanetary environment for two more years. But by the end of 1967, the spacecraft ...
BEIJING -- A team of Chinese geologists has created a Mars soil simulant that almost replicates Utopia Planitia soil, a ...
With Trump’s new budget cutting NASA science programs, the Mars Sample Return mission could be replaced by a private-sector ...
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has learned to pull off daring 120-degree rolls that give its SHARAD radar ...
NASA's leadership change comes at a pivotal moment for the agency, which is already bracing for potentially severe funding ...