Something went horribly wrong. The Schiaparelli lander appears to have crashed during its attempted landing on Mars two days ago. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified new markings on the ...

Sometimes, boring is best — and that's certainly true when you're trying to set a lander down on the surface of Mars, where any eventfulness is likely bad news. That's why scientists carefully chose a ...

NASA counted down Saturday to the long-awaited launch of its latest Mars lander, InSight, designed to perch on the surface of the Red Planet and listen for "Marsquakes." The spacecraft was scheduled ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the exploration of Mars. The United States, Soviet Union and China are the only three countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. There have been nine successful US Mars landings: ...