NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft was in excellent shape when it disappeared behind Mars on December 6 of last year. The routine ...
On July 4, 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission arrived on Mars and began transmitting images from the surface of the Red Planet. The rover, named Sojourner, was the first rover to successfully land ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sept. 27, 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission beamed its very last data transmission back to Earth.The Mars Pathfinder mission ...
To make up for Maven's lost relay capacity, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and European orbiters have adjusted ...
Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a ...
The Mars Pathfinder lander touched down - or bounced down - on 4 July 1997, becoming the first human mission to reach the Martian Surface since the Viking lander of 1976. The Sojourner is the first ...
The 20th century began with the exploration of the last unknown continent on Earth - Antarctica. So it's somewhat appropriate that as the century closes, another great act of polar exploration is ...