NASA has unveiled some cool new concept art for its next Red Planet robot, the Mars 2020 rover, and it looks awesome. If the Mars 2020 rover concept art, which NASA released yesterday (May 23), looks ...

NASA's next Mars spacecraft will soon know its landing site, as scientists meet to debate the relative merits of four final contenders. The mission will investigate whether the Red Planet ever hosted ...

NASA's next Mars rover will be able to detect ice and stream beds buried dozens of metres below its wheels, thanks in part to a Canadian scientist. Rebecca Ghent, an associate professor of earth ...

MONROVIA, California — NASA's next Mars rover may touch down in a big crater called Jezero. The 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater emerged as the frontrunner among 30 or so potential locales ...

When NASA’s next rover lands on Mars in 2020 to conduct unprecedented investigations, the seven highly-sophisticated instruments on board will include a long-anticipated radar with a U of T connection ...

A University of Alberta scientist will soon have an out-of-this-world experience. Chris Herd has been chosen for a key role in NASA’s Mars 2020 mission. This will mark the first time a rover is sent ...

This artist's illustration depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover studying its surroundings. Mars 2020 is targeted for launch in July or August 2020 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

We now know where NASA's life-hunting, sample-caching Mars rover will touch down a few years from now. The car-size Mars 2020 rover will explore the 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater, which ...

Work has been underway on China’s new Long March boosters. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation China continues to ramp up its space plans, which include a Mars rover mission set to ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover prepares for new rock sample collection at Lac de Charmes, following Margin Unit studies and continued mobility testing, as part of the Mars 2020 mission.

Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth — big time. Three countries — the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates — are sending unmanned spacecraft to the Red Planet in quick succession ...