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?

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

A Dutch company that aims to land humans on Mars in 2023 as the vanguard of a permanent Red Planet colony has received its first funding from sponsors, officials announced this week. Mars One plans to fund most of its ambitious activities via a global ...

Nearly 800 New Mexico fifth graders showed off the Mars colonies they designed at the 32nd annual Mission to Mars event.

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

Fifth graders from across New Mexico showcased their Mars habitat designs to scientists and engineers during the 32nd annual Mission to Mars Link-Up Day at Expo New Mexico.

Volcanic ash is creeping across the surface of Mars with startling speed. The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Mars Express mission just released a stunning orbital image showing surprising changes

When it landed on Mars in 2021, the Perseverance rover set out to collect roughly 30 samples of soil from the red planet. The grand space strategy at the time would see the samples retrieved by another spacecraft and brought back to earth later.