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 ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has collected its first sample of rock for return to Earth, part of its mission to finally reveal whether the red planet ever hosted life.

Perseverance is hitting the 'open road' on Mars like no other rover. On June 19, the six-wheeled explorer officially completed the longest day trip of any robot vehicle on another planet. In a single ...