Future missions to Mars seem unlikely due to large budget cuts to NASA's planetary budget.
NASA executives are to make significant cuts to its exploration of other planets in our solar system.
Scientists believe 600 million years of drought have rendered the Martian surface totally devoid of life.
The stricken Russian Mars probe has been photographed in the sky by an amateur astronomer.
The failed Russian Mars probe is due to crash back down to Earth as early as January next year.
Australian scientists have run a computer model suggesting large areas of Mars could be habitable.
NASA's Opportunity rover has discovered Gypsum on Mars, a material formed by water flowing through rock.
The odds of a recovery for Russia's Phobos-Grunt Mars probe are looking increasingly bleak.
A nailbiting landing awaits the Curiosity Mars rover once it reaches its destination next year.
A new journey to Mars begins as the huge car-sized rover is launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
NASA has captured images showing sand dunes on Mars shifting over the course of several years.
The stricken Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is likely to fall back down to Earth as early as next January.
After a 15-year break from space exploration, Russia is sending a spacecraft to Mars' moon Phobos.
A new NASA report suggests life on Mars may have been most likely to be found underground.
The crew of six had spent 520 days confined to a simulated Mars spacecraft situated in Moscow.
New research has suggested that Mars would have once enjoyed earthlike conditions for short periods.
The new launcher will be the most powerful ever built, capable of taking humans to the Moon and Mars.
Salad and vegetables could be grown on board the first spacecraft to carry humans to Mars.
Scientists have found that the soil on Mars may be a lot more suitable for life than previously believed.
The European Space Agency have announced that they are planning a manned trip to Mars with Russia.