A new technology lets NASA’s Mars rover pinpoint its position within inches, drive farther on its own, and speed up exploration.

NASA’s long-promised journey to Mars has often sounded like a hazy promise, safely parked in the “sometime in the 2030s” ...

For five years the Mars Rover has been exploring without the aid of maps, GPS or even a brief idea of where it’s going without the help of people on Earth feeding it information ...

NASA's Perseverance rover can now pinpoint its exact location on Mars without help from Earth, paving the way for longer, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A test pilot and instructor from Edwards Air Force Base has been selected as one of four volunteers to take part in a yearlong ...

NASA has lost contact with one of its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars orbiter is perilously close to running out of fuel, and the third mission ...

NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars for over a decade. The loss of signal occurred on Dec. 6 as the orbiter passed behind Mars from Earth's perspective. MAVEN ...

The White House scheme to reshape NASA by slashing its funding could jeopardize future human flights to Mars. Shown here is NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft - one of the three Mars orbiters set to ...