Mars

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Why Mars matters

The successful landing of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars is about far more than scientific curiosity or national prestige. For the sake of humanity's long-term survival, it is...

An artist's illustration of China's Tianwen-1 mission in orbit around Mars. (Image credit: CNSA)

China’s Mars craft enters parking orbit before landing rover

An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech

Perseverance rover beams back images from Mars after historic landing

Mars rover sends home movie of daredevil descent to landing on red planet

Mars rover sends home movie of daredevil descent to landing on red planet

Photo: CNN

Ingenuity helicopter phones home from Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover descends to touch down on Mars in a still image from a video camera aboard the descent stage taken February 18, 2021. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS

'Something we've never seen' - Mars rover beams back selfie from moment before landing

Mars rover beams back selfie from moment before landing

Mars rover beams back selfie from moment before landing

Perseverance rover sent to Mars. Photo: Reuters

NASA rover Perseverance makes historic Mars landing

NASA rover lands on Mars looking for life

NASA rover Perseverance on track for daredevil landing on Mars

NASA rover Perseverance on track for daredevil landing on Mars

NASA's Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency's Mars 2020 rover, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA wants to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time

Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, UAE Minister of State for Advanced Sciences, speaks during an event to mark Hope Probe's entering the orbit of Mars, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Christopher Pike

UAE’s ‘Hope’ probe sends home first image of Mars

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover vehicle lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

NASA rover faces 'seven minutes of terror' before landing on Mars