The fact that there's no way to get home again has done little to stop people signing up in their droves.
The rover celebrated one year on the Red Planet with a lonely rendition of 'Happy Birthday to Me'.
NASA's next Mars rover is aiming to determine whether or not life ever existed on the Red Planet.
Scientists have claimed that planetary protection policies are hindering the search for life on Mars.
Mars could have sustained a habitable oxygen atmosphere more than a billion years before the Earth.
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin believes we should be heading to Mars sooner rather than later.
NASA's aged Opportunity rover is still proving its value after making a new discovery about early water.
New data from the Curiosity rover has revealed the threat posed by radiation to future astronauts.
Despite there being no way get home again, thousands have rushed to sign themselves up to Mars One.
Mars One has announced the imminent availability of placements on its ambitious one-way mission to Mars.
Doctors have been left baffled by the ten-week ordeal of schoolgirl Emily Marsh who can't stop hiccuping.
The Curiosity rover has broken apart a rock on Mars that has an unexpectedly brilliant white interior.
The Curiosity rover has found the best evidence yet that Mars was once a habitable planet.
A massive comet heading towards Mars is providing a stark reminder of the dangers we face from space.
The Mars rover has been temporarily suspended due to malfunctions in the primary computer's flash memory.
A new mission could see a male-female couple set off on a trip to Mars within the next five years.
Despite being a cold and inhospitable place, Mars may still be capable of supporting microbial life.
India are set to become the next nation to send a spacecraft to the Red Planet in a daring new mission.
NASA's Curiosity rover has used its drilling tool to bore in to a rock on Mars and collect samples.
NASA's rover has discovered something unusual - a metallic object protruding out from some rocks.