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October 21, 2015

NASA's next Mars rover to search for E.T. in 2020

NASA's next Mars rover should hunt for signs of past Red Planet life and collect samples for eventual return to Earth, a team of mission planners announced.

October 21, 2015

Curiosity Rover leaving 'Mars rat' behind

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will apparently perform no follow-up studies of a Red Planet rock that resembles a rodent, dealing a blow to the nascent field of Martian mammalogy.

October 21, 2015

It's a date! Millionaire Dennis Tito to send couple on manned Mars mission on Jan. 5, 2018

On Jan., 5, 2018, the United States will launch a manned mission to Mars. The flight will allow a yet unchosen man and a woman to become the first humans ever to lay eyes on Mars -- but not feet. 

October 21, 2015

Is millionaire space tourist planning trip to Mars?

Buzz is building about a planned 2018 private mission to Mars, which may launch the first humans toward the Red Planet.

October 21, 2015

Curiosity rover first robot to ever drill into Mars

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has beamed home photos confirming that it recovered samples from deep within a Red Planet rock, cementing the robot's place in exploration history.

October 20, 2015

Still going: Long-lived NASA rover Opportunity commencing tenth year of exploration on Mars

Opportunity, NASA's other Mars rover, has tooled around the red planet for so long it's easy to forget it's still alive.

October 20, 2015

Mars rover Curiosity's tracks seen from space

The Red Planet ramblings of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity are clearly visible in a new image snapped by a sharp-eyed spacecraft.

October 20, 2015

Curiosity rover's chemistry lab takes first taste of Mars soil

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has delivered the first Martian dirt sample to its onboard chemistry laboratory, testing out gear that forms the scientific heart of the $2.5 billion robot.

October 20, 2015

Manned Mars missions could threaten Red Planet life

Humanity has long dreamed of putting boots on Mars, but those boots have the potential to stomp all over any lifeforms that may exist on the Red Planet.

October 20, 2015

Weather on Mars surprisingly pleasant, Curiosity rover finds

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is enjoying some nice, warm weather on the Red Planet — and spring hasn't even come to its landing site yet.