NASA’s Perseverance rover has just made history by driving across Mars using routes planned by artificial intelligence instead of human operators. A vision-capable AI analyzed the same images and ...

After a picture-perfect launch of twin Escapade spacecraft bound for Mars, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket aced landing on a recovery vessel floating in the Atlantic, helping power a revolution in ...

Roger C. Wiens, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences in the College of Science, will present his groundbreaking exploration of the Red Planet with instruments that he developed for ...

Like Earth, Mars is surrounded by an ionosphere—the part of its upper atmosphere where radiation from the sun knocks electrons off of atoms and molecules, creating charged particles. The Martian ...

NASA has set its sights on sending astronauts to Mars sooner than most people realize. The ambitious plans include preparing for crewed missions in the coming decades, with a focus on technology, ...

China’s next Mars explorer is not a rover that crawls or a helicopter that hovers, but a hybrid drone that can roll across the ground and then leap into the thin air when terrain turns hostile. By ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Roger Wiens has been a Mars explorer since he was 11 years old. He grew up as a kid looking through a telescope at The Red Planet with his brother and sketching its features. “That was ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking ...