"This experiment's never been run before on another world," said Amy Williams, an astrobiologist working on the Curiosity mission.

NASA confirmed Thursday that SpaceX will launch the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover, perhaps as soon as late 2028, on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. So why is NASA deciding which rocket will launch a flagship European Mars mission?

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has left its first tracks in the Martian soil, imprinting the coded mark of its maker in its trail. On Wednesday (Aug. 22), the car-size, six-wheeled rover took its first test drive since arriving on the Red Planet more than two ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover detected 21 ancient organic molecules on Mars, including compounds containing carbon, sulfur and nitrogen.

Rosalind Franklin rover to probe beneath Mars’ surface for signs of life after years of delays.

Space exploration got another boost recently when Elon Musk’s SpaceX is scheduled to launch the Rosalind Franklin rover into the red planet, Mars, in 2028 via the strong Falcon Heavy rocket. Sponsored by NASA and under the leadership of the European Space Agency,