NASA has set its sights on sending astronauts to Mars sooner than most people realize. The ambitious plans include preparing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA’s ESCAPADE mission will explore Mars’ atmosphere and magnetic fields from a never-before-tried trajectory. | ©Image Credit: ...

Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick atmosphere, which kept it warm enough to support flowing water on its surface. So, ...

Twin spacecraft are set to take off on an unprecedented, winding journey to Mars, where they will investigate why the barren red planet began to lose its atmosphere billions of years ago. Called ...