NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover has successfully collected its first-ever dirt sample from the rocky surface of the Red Planet. The Martian dirt sample includes broken rocks and dust, which could aid ...

As we push toward the next phase of human space exploration, there’s a lot of focus on using local materials at our final destination. Anything we can find or make on the Moon, Mars, or elsewhere is ...

Mission planners with the UA-led Phoenix Mars lander gave the spacecraft an extra day to dig around in the red planet's dirt Tuesday, after they weren't satisfied with the results of an earlier test.

Images captured by the UA-led Phoenix Mars lander's microscope show that Mars' arctic surface could be much more diverse than scientists initially had thought, researchers reported Thursday. Though ...

Pranay Mishra, a systems engineer for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, brushes dust from ForeSight, a model of NASA's Mars InSight lander. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) Pranay Mishra reached ...

The Mars Sample Return Mission is facing budget cuts that will likely delay it to 2040, so NASA is looking for a plan B. The Mars Sample Return Mission is facing budget cuts that will likely delay it ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the race into space, some of its dustiest work might well be happening at a nondescript office park in Central Florida. "It's very red and it gets everywhere," said Anna Metke.

A mini-drama unfolded millions of miles away this week near the North Pole of Mars when NASA's robotic lander Phoenix had trouble with a shovel-full of dirt. NPR's science correspondent David ...

What is it about Mars, anyway? Discoveries on Venus or Jupiter or Mercury get their share of attention, but when something happens on Mars, we go flat-out bonkers. The week of heated speculation that ...

Pranay Mishra reached down to the floor of his workplace and scooped a handful of what might be the closest thing on Earth to the feel of Martian soil. “This is actually unprocessed garnet,” he said, ...

Pranay Mishra reached down to the floor of his workplace and scooped a handful of what might be the closest thing on Earth to the feel of Martian soil. “This is actually unprocessed garnet,” he said, ...