The Mars Pathfinder mission marked a groundbreaking moment in NASA's exploration of Mars, paving the way for future rover missions. Launched on Dec. 4, 1996, and landing on July 4, 1997 ...

Following the 1990s discovery that Mars had once been a watery oasis in the solar system’s habitable zone, NASA devised a ...

A new video shows what it would be like to cruise over the surface of Mars, zooming in to the planet from orbit and into a ...

The launch in late 1996 of the Mars Pathfinder mission with its Sojourner rover then was exciting news indeed. Before Spirit, the exceptionally long-lived Opportunity, and the relatively huge ...

Blue Origin currently flies the New Shepard rocket, which can send a capsule on a sub-orbital trajectory, with all vehicle components reusable. The company was the first to land a Vertical Takeoff and ...

The plan for the earlier rovers and last century's Mars Pathfinder mission was to use a parachute after atmospheric entry.

as part of NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission. Over the course of three months, Sojourner explored its surroundings. At the end of the mission, the rover was renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station, in ...

Curiosity has just finished the latest leg of its 12-year Mars mission and will now set out ... Mars once harbored extraterrestrial life. Mars Pathfinder carried the first rover to Mars, using ...