Mars landing
China Landed Rover on Mars
At the Center for Space Control in Beijing, there was big jubilation when China made a successful landing on Mars early on Saturday.
The landing has taken place blindly for them down to the surface of the planet. The rover is programmed to make the landing on its own.
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NASA: Mars Perseverance Rover Goes on Its First Ride across Planet’s Terrain
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover went on its first drive across the planet's surface after landing there in mid-February, the US-based National Aeronautics and Space Agency announced in a statement.
The Perseverance rover touched down the Red Planet's surface in the area of Jezero Crater on February 18. All the operations were conducted in the automatic mode.
NASA Shows First Video/Audio Reports from Mars by Perseverance Rover
The US space agency NASA on Monday released the first audio from Mars, a faint crackling recording of a gust of wind captured by the Perseverance rover.
NASA also released the first video of last week's landing of the rover, which is on a mission to search for signs of past life on the Red Planet.
Next stop Mars: 3 spacecraft arriving in quick succession
After hurtling hundreds of millions of miles through space since last summer, three robotic explorers are ready to hit the brakes at Mars.
The stakes, and anxiety, are sky high.
NASA Announced a Panoramic Video From Mars (VIDEO)
The US Space Agency (NASA) has announced a panoramic video from Mars, made on the red planet by Curiosity, the agency said on its official site.
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US-India to collaborate on Mars exploration
The United States and India, fresh from sending their own respective spacecraft into Mars' orbit earlier this month, agreed to cooperate on future exploration of the Red Planet.
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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft enters Mars orbit
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft began orbiting Mars on Sunday, on a mission to study how the Red Planet's climate changed over time from warm and wet to cold and dry.
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