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Perseverance Deposits Its First Sample on the Martian Surface: Once the Perseverance team confirmed the first sample tube was on the surface, they positioned

NASA has launched a new interactive tool that shows Mars in extraordinary detail and lets you travel between points of interest at the click of a mouse.

During its 49th flight on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter achieved two flight records, flying faster and higher than ever before.

The sample is rich in carbonate, a chemical compound that is excellent at preserving signs of life.

The space agency's proposed longterm strategy for exploring the Red Planet involves lower-cost missions and paving the way for humans to land on Mars.

The team behind NASA's Mars helicopter is aiming to send it to its highest altitude yet when it embarks on its 49th flight this week.

The Perseverance rover is trundling across Mars's Jezero Crater, on its way to explore the site of an ancient river delta -- and it's got a friend with it.

NASA confirms - Streams and lakes existed on Mars aeons ago

Take a virtual flight over the famous Jezero Crater on Mars, thanks to the European Space Agency.

The annual “Plutomania” event is returning to downtown Las Cruces in February, 93 years since local astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered the planet.