In fairness to the Perseverance rover, this is exactly what it was built for. Nicknamed Percy, the machine was sent to Jezero ...

As humanity aims to venture deeper into space with missions like NASA’s Artemis II, a groundbreaking experiment known as AVATAR (A Virtual Astronaut Tissue Analog Response) promises to revolutionize ...

Four researchers will spend more than a year in a 3D-printed habitat, acting as though they're eating, sleeping and living on ...

We'll likely need to get Perseverance's samples to Earth to determine if they do indeed harbor evidence of Mars life —but the ...

A Sept. 10 media teleconference will focus on the analysis of a rock sampled by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover last ...

Potential signs of microbial life were found in a rock sample collected by the rover in 2024 from an ancient dry riverbed on ...

“This finding by Perseverance …is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator ...

Viking consisted of two twin orbiters and landers, with experimental chambers in the landers to conduct three biology ...

This animation depicts water disappearing over time in the Martian river valley Neretva Vallis, where NASA’s Perseverance ...

An Air Force test pilot, a Space Force officer, and a Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot were named to the crew of a NASA Mars simulation mission.

With no evacuations or quick communication possible on Mars, medical risks are magnified. NASA is looking at creating an AI ...

Ancient organisms may have left microscopic "biosignatures" on Mars. That's according to NASA scientists, who say a rock ...