The space agency is moving forward with its plan to send a helicopter drone to Mars in two years' time.
The US space agency has emphasized that its Moon ambitions will not distract from its efforts to reach Mars.
The spacecraft blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard an Atlas V rocket earlier today.
ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter has started its mission to seek out traces of biologically-produced methane on Mars.
The space agencies are working on a series of missions designed to return samples of Martian soil back to Earth.
Dennis Muilenburg believes that Boeing will be able to place humans on Mars before Elon Musk's SpaceX.
The ever-ambitious space firm is hoping to see humans walk on the surface of Mars within the next decade.
Ski resorts in several countries were left looking like the surface of Mars after a recent fall of orange-tinged snow.
NASA's flagship rover has now been trundling across the surface of the Red Planet for more than five years.
One astronomer was left red-faced this week after he mistook the planet Mars for an undiscovered star.
Tech entrepreneur Jeff Bezos attended Amazon's annual MARS conference with a very unusual companion.
NASA scientists are considering whether or not to send their lightweight robotic helicopter drone to Mars.
During a recent televised interview, Putin revealed that Russia is planning to launch a series of space missions.
Elon Musk has stressed the importance of sending humans to Mars before the next 'probable' World War.
Geomicrobiologist Barry DiGregorio maintains that the Curiosity rover has found evidence of alien life forms.
Scientists have discovered microbial life rebounding in one of the driest and most inhospitable places on Earth.
The remarkably resilient rover has managed to extend its original three-month mission to over 13 years.
A new image of the long-dead Phoenix lander on Mars has shown that it has become coated in a layer of dust.
Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is set to venture even further away from home than anyone had expected.
Consisting of 16 separate images, the impressive vista was captured using the rover's wide-angle lens.