Nov 24, 2025 · NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission, which launched Nov. 13, will study Mars' real-time response to the solar wind, helping …

When NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey launches in April to explore the fourth planet from the Sun, it will carry a suite of scientific instruments designed to tell us what makes up the Martian …

Nov 15, 2024 · While every mission's launch timeline is different, most follow a typical set of phases - from launch to science operations.

Nov 20, 2025 · This animated orbital-map view shows the route NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has taken since its February 2021 landing at Jezero Crater to July 2024, when it took its …

NASA sent these two “robotic geologists” on a 90-day mission to search for geological clues regarding environmental conditions on early Mars, and assess whether those environments …

The Phoenix Mars Mission, scheduled for launch in August 2007, is the first in NASA’s “Scout Program.” Phoenix is designed to study the history of water and search for complex organic …

On Aug. 4, 2007, a Delta II launch vehicle lofted Phoenix from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., and pushed the spacecraft toward a May 25, 2008 arrival at Mars.

Sep 10, 2025 · Get the latest news releases, features, findings, and stories about the missions on Mars.

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have formed a partnership to develop detailed plans for a series of missions that would gather the samples, launch them into Mars orbit, …

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and its launch vehicle are nearing final stages of preparation at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for a launch opportunity that begins Aug. 10. The …