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The boldest Mars missions in history
By Space.com Staff, Tom Chao last updated
Earth has been sending probes to Mars for decades, and some missions are especially awe-inspiring.

NASA budget cuts at Mars threaten 'crisis' for Curiosity rover and prolific orbiters
By Mike Wall published
Budget cuts may force NASA's Curiosity rover mission to slam on the brakes just as it's reaching its highly anticipated home stretch.

Building blocks of life found in famous Mars meteorite
By Mike Wall published
The famed Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001 contains 4-billion-year-old organic molecules, the carbon-containing building blocks of life as we know it, a new study suggests.

How do you drive a Mars rover from home? Don't worry, NASA's got this.
By Chelsea Gohd published
Imagine trying to control a Mars rover from your living room — that's what the team behind NASA's Curiosity rover is doing right now.

Trump's NASA budget request could spell big changes for Mars missions
By Meghan Bartels published
If President Donald Trump's budget request becomes reality, NASA may need to shuffle some Red Planet missions, including developing a new Mars Ice Mapper.

See Mars like never before in this highest-resolution panorama ever from the Curiosity rover
By Mike Wall published
The Curiosity team just released a 1.8-billion-pixel panorama that features "Glen Torridon," a region on the flanks of Mars' 3.4-mile-high (5.5 kilometers) Mount Sharp.

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity had an attitude problem. (But it's fine now.)
By Mike Wall published
An attitude problem sidelined NASA's Mars rover Curiosity recently, but the robot's handlers whipped it back into shape in short order.

The Decade of Mars: How the 2020s May Be a New Era of Red Planet Exploration
By Mike Wall published
The 2010s saw big advances in Mars exploration, but the new decade may bring even more exciting Red Planet news.
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