On 1971, Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit Mars. At the time, scientists didn't know much about the Red Planet.

You might have heard about plans to establish a self‑sustaining city on Mars. Here’s what life would really be like on the ...

Related: Massive Mars Dust Storm Won't Stop NASA's Next Lander The ... inside of a vacuum chamber that simulated the atmosphere of space. The team used micrometer-sized glass particles in place ...

Learn how NASA’s satellite fleet helps provide weather Information for the missions on the surface of Mars. Credit: ...

Two European Mars orbiters spied a variety of cryptic surface ... The imagery shows thick layered deposits with trapped dust on the left in contrast to smooth layered deposits on the right side.

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Happy New Year's on Mars. Martian years are almost twice as long as Earth years. Nov. 12 is the day to celebrate the start of a new red planet orbit around the sun.

November 2024 marks the start of a new year on Mars. At exactly 10:32 CET/09:32 UTC on Earth, the Red Planet begins a new ...

Everyone knows that space is an incredibly inhospitable ... to protect the rover during the occasional dust storms that kick up on Mars, but this is no regular dust storm. NASA knows that ...

But Bell says regardless of how storms on Mars are depicted in fiction, dust is going to be an issue for future explorers. He says this reddish powdery grit will get into the seals of space suits ...

Mars is losing its atmosphere faster than Earth, and planet-encircling dust storms are speeding up the process, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Its Mars Orbiter Mission ...