NASA launched the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in August 2005 and the following year, on March 10, it entered the orbit of the ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has located a fresh crater on Mars after 20 years of monitoring, providing high-resolution ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This view of a region called Syrtis Major is from the 100,000th image captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using its ...

NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than a decade. The orbiter, one of three zooming around Mars' atmosphere, had been working as expected before it ...

Searching for water on Mars often feels like chasing a flicker of hope in a cold and quiet world. You read about dried riverbeds, ancient lakes, and canyons carved by water that vanished long ago. So ...

A rugged Martian landscape that resembles a vast spiderweb when seen from orbit is offering new insights into the planet’s ...

The NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, set for launch here Aug. 10, should have enough propellant to operate in Martian orbit four additional years--until 2014--following the loading of more propellant ...

NASA’s planetary science program is still facing a funding shortfall that requires “strategic choices” about which missions ...

When the orbit of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft took it behind the Red Planet on December 6th, ground controllers expected a temporary loss of signal (LoS).

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) officially went into ...