In 1971, the Soviet Union achieved the first soft landing on Mars, but Mars 3 transmitted only 14 seconds of data before a global dust storm swallowed its signal. Decades later, high resolution ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's new Mars lander has captured the first sounds of the Martian wind. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory released audio clips of the alien wind Friday. The low-frequency rumblings ...

Sometimes, boring is best — and that's certainly true when you're trying to set a lander down on the surface of Mars, where any eventfulness is likely bad news. That's why scientists carefully chose a ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the exploration of Mars. The United States, Soviet Union and China are the only three countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. There have been nine successful US Mars landings: ...

NASA scientists have uncovered an unexpected presence inside Mars, a solid mass around 373 miles in size. This finding has been explained in detail within the journal Nature. The data on which these ...