Mars missions — rovers, orbiters, Mars exploration, and the science of the Red Planet.
NASA’s Curiosity Views a Sand-Capped Butte
NASA's Curiosity rover photographed a distinctive sand-capped butte on Mars, nicknamed "Miraflores," using its Mastcam instrument on June 11, 2026. Th…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers Field of Honeycomb Textures
NASA's Curiosity rover has documented extensive honeycomb-patterned terrain as it ascends Valle Grande in Gale Crater. The distinctive polygonal fract…
NASA’s ESCAPADE Snaps Family Portrait of Earth, Moon
NASA's ESCAPADE mission has captured the first images of Earth and Moon together during its journey to Mars. On July 3, one of the two ESCAPADE spacec…
NASA’s MAVEN Illuminates New Understanding of Auroras at Mars
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has revealed that Martian auroras form through the same particle acceleration mechanism responsible for Earth's auroras, accor…
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Mars missions — rovers, orbiters, Mars exploration, and the science of the Red Planet.