which operated on the surface of the red planet between 2018 and 2022. SEIS was the first ever seismometer to operate on Mars, and it was sensitive to three different types of seismic wave ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Mars had intermittent surface water over 3 billion years ago, but its current state remains debated. Recent analysis challenges a study suggesting significant ...

Mars is a pretty hostile place to be, but for the first time, scientists have demonstrated that certain plant species can endure such conditions—including ionising radiation—while staying alive.

The landing platform developed by Airbus will land on the Mars surface using a parachute assisted braking system, before deploying the rover. The ExoMars programme was expected to launch in 2020 ...

Less than five months after Ingenuity’s first flight, China revealed a prototype of a “Mars surface cruise drone” nearly identical to Ingenuity. In the years since, Chinese researchers have ...

NASA's Perseverance Rover has stumbled across an extremely strange rock that's "astonished" scientists while exploring the rim of the Jezero crater on Mars. Nicknamed "St. Pauls Bay," the rock is ...

A unique set of risks and challenges await the first astronauts on Mars. Deadly solar radiation, nighttime temperatures regularly dropping lower than -100 degrees Fahrenheit, and an unbreathable ...

Some satellites have found signs of water in the form of frost at the top of Mars' tallest volcanoes and in buried frozen lakes deep below the planet's surface. But for now, no liquid water has ...

Sealed systems might be needed to maintain the solution’s integrity. Temperature: Mars’ surface is colder than Earth’s, with average temperatures well below freezing. This could slow the chemical ...

On March 12, 2025, the spacecraft performed a gravity-assist manoeuvrer around Mars, coming within 5,000 km of the planet’s surface and just 300 km from its city-sized moon Deimos. This flyby ...

Taking to X, Musk mentioned in a post that SpaceX will put an Optimus robot on Mars atop its flagship Starship rocket by the end of 2026. Just over a week ago, the Starship broke apart following a ...