Closer to finding aliens on Mars? NASA finds traces of gas that could be a sign of life near a crater on the Red Planet

NASA has identified a gas on Mars that is produced by living creatures on Earth, baffling scientists about what could be hiding in ... not completely packed with ice, scientists have found. Read More

A NASA rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilized life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, NASA's Perseverance rover is ... Read More

NASA Curiosity Rover Finds Methane Seeping from Mars—What Could This Mean?

Scientists believe the source of this methane is likely geological processes involving water ... dynamics on Mars is a priority outlined in NASA's 2022 Planetary Mission Senior Review. Read More

NASA Is Locking People Up and Tells Them They're Astronauts Heading for Mars

If everything falls into place just right, we just might get to witness our species' first crewed mission to Mars during our lifetime. NASA is actively ... delay true astronauts will likely ... Read More

Nasa: samples could prove life on Mars – but we can’t afford to bring them home

Nasa has admitted it cannot afford to bring back Mars samples ... that formed in water and are microcrystalline in structure, giving a greater chance that signs of life could be found inside. Read More

NASA looking for faster, cheaper way to collect mars rocks

A review of the ... into space again, and deposit the samples into another vehicle before landing on Earth. Stanford professor G. Scott Hubbard, who once led NASA’s Mars program, told The ... Read More

NASA seeking help to develop a lower-cost Mars Sample Return mission

Responding to an independent review ... which NASA Artemis astronauts will use to reach the moon's surface in the next few years, "has the potential to return serious tonnage from Mars within ... Read More

NASA video maps all 72 flights taken by Mars Ingenuity helicopter

NASA has shared a video (above) that maps all of the flights taken on Mars by its trailblazing Ingenuity helicopter. Ingenuity became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on ... Read More

NASA rethinks plan to return rare Mars samples to Earth

NASA is seeking innovative methods that could help retrieve ... response to the independent review board on Monday.Reviews of the program have recommended that the Mars Sample return should ... Read More

NASA shows how Mars helicopter did the impossible, and then crashed

It took flight 72 times. The new NASA video below (one-minute long) shows how Ingenuity buzzed over Mars, crossing over rugged and hilly terrain before arriving at its final landing spot months ago. Read More

NASA asks: Can anyone help us get our Mars samples back?

NASA's Perseverance rover dropped its first sealed sample tube on the Martian terrain on Dec. 21, 2022. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech With its plan to return samples from Mars in jeopardy, NASA is ... Read More

‘Mars astronauts’ selected for NASA simulated mission

HOUSTON, TX (KXAN) — Four volunteers will soon get a trip to “Mars ... planet for future astronauts for 45 days. The four volunteers, Jason Lee, Stephanie Navarro, Shareef Al Romaithi, and Piyumi ... Read More