A short, low resolution video captured the final minutes of Mars rover Curiosity’s descent onto the planet. At the beginning of the clip the 15-foot wide heat shield can be seen separating from the ...

NASA has released a short timelapse video of Perseverance's record-breaking drive on Mars, as engineers determine the rover should be operational until at least 2031. In July 2020, the Perseverance ...

A NASA rover captured images of a Martian eclipse that resembled a googly-eye peering down at the red planet. The space agency released photos and video Wednesday that show the Martian moon Phobos ...

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This large dust devil in the center consumed a smaller nearby dust devil on Mars in January. Future human visitors to Mars will have to deal with an unfriendly planet. It’s dusty. It’s windy.

More information has come to light regarding the hitchhiking mini-rover on China's Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to the moon's far side. The little Chang'e 6 rover is named "Jinchan" and weighs ...