The space agency will provide a broadcast update on the marquee mission that is intended to recover samples of Martian rock for study on Earth. reading time 2 minutes Check, check—is this thing on?

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is reigniting his ambition to make humanity "multiplanetary," providing an update on his grandiose plans. While Musk has long dangled the carrot of travel to Mars and setting up ...

China’s historic attempt to bring samples from Mars to Earth could launch as soon as 2028, two years earlier than previously stated, according to a senior mission official.Related video above: SpaceX ...

Launched on July 23, 2020, Tianwen 1 and Zhurong, along with a lander, reached Martian orbit on Feb. 10, 2021; the orbiter has been operating for nearly 800 days. The rover and the lander reached the ...

A crescent of the northern hemisphere of Mars taken by Tianwen-1's medium-resolution camera in March 2021. Credit: CNSA/PEC HELSINKI — China is inviting interested parties to submit proposals to join ...