NASA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Viking 1, the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and begin exploring ...

Time for a wide-angle shot: The first panorama photo captured on the surface of Mars, taken on landing day, July 20, 1976.

In searches for past and present Martian life, some scientists say we’ve been too cautious to see what’s right in front of us ...

It has been half a century since NASA landed on Mars with the Viking 1 lander. Viking 1, one of a pair of Viking spacecraft, ...

NASA's Viking 1 mission blazed a crucial trail with its Mars landing on July 20, 1976. Now, half a century later, that trail ...

Half a century after Viking 1 became the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars, scientists say its findings remain ...

Five decades later, Nasa’s Viking 1 mission remains among the greatest landmarks in planetary science, a model for every ...

THE team building the Beagle 2 Mars lander promised last week to have their spacecraft ready for launch on time, despite fears that the project is running late and could miss its crucial launch window ...

As the Orion, the world’s most advanced deep-space capsule, counts down to circumnavigating the Moon, that trek could be the forerunner to a cascade of Mars missions in the 2030s. Shown here is a ...

NASA's long-planned Mars Sample Return mission is in serious trouble. A flagship endeavor meant to retrieve rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover is now facing budget cuts, delays, and some ...