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

Elon Musk reaffirmed Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s SPCX long-term Mars ambitions earlier on Monday, writing, "I will ...

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 the first successful Mars landing, Viking's greatest legacy may be the questions it taught us to ask.

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

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman outlined plans for nuclear propulsion, a moon base and eventual astronaut missions to Mars.

To help with its plans for long-term lunar visits and missions to Mars, NASA is putting together a year-long virtual program ...

What innovative rovers can be developed to advance Mars surface exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the Division for ...

Andy Weir's bestselling story "The Martian" predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected return-to-Earth flight systems and collaborated with the China National ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking ...

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