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Mars, the Red Planet, is the fourth planet from the sun.

Related Topics: Curiosity Mars Rover Mission, ExoMars, India Mars Orbiter Mission, Mars Rover Opportunity, Maven Mars Mission 

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'Surviving Mars' is free on the Epic Games store right now

By Tariq Malik

"Surviving Mars" is a sleek strategy game that challenges you to build a city on the Red Planet and you can get it free this week from Epic Games.

The SuperCam instrument on NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has both infrared laser beams for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and green laser beams for Raman spectroscopy.

The Perseverance rover has recorded the 1st laser sound on Mars. It's a 'snap!' not a 'pew!'

By Mike Wall

The microphone on Perseverance's SuperCam instrument picked up the gentle whoosh of the Martian wind as well as the not-so-gentle sounds generated by SuperCam's rock-zapping laser.

An image of the north pole of Mars taken by China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft.

Hello, Mars! China unveils 1st HD views from its Tianwen-1 spacecraft

By Meghan Bartels

China's Tianwen-1 mission has spent a month in orbit around Mars now and the photographs are already stunning.

A Mars Express image of Arsia Mons on Mars and its strange long cloud, taken on July 19, 2020.

The weird long cloud on Mars is finally revealing some of its secrets

By Chelsea Gohd

Europe's Mars Express probe is finding new cloud clues

Valoria 2 crewmembers doing rigorous stretching post-handstand training at the HI-SEAS research station during a simulated Mars mission.

The Valoria 2 crew turns to the 'dark side,' changing HI-SEAS into Horror-SEAS — Commander's report: sol 10

By Michaela Musilova

While filming a mockumentary at HI-SEAS, the Valoria 2 captures how things could go very wrong on Mars.

This mosaic was created using two color raw images taken by the Perseverance Mars rover’s front left hazcam on March 6, 2021, after a short drive from the "Octavia E. Butler Landing" touchdown site.

Perseverance rover spies its shadow on Mars (photo)

By Mike Wall

The striking photo shows the outline of the rover and the rubbly terrain it has just begun to explore.

Mars as seen from orbit by NASA’s Viking mission. The Red Planet's surface supported liquid water in the ancient past, but scientists still debate how warm and wet it was back then.

Ancient Mars' warm spells probably didn't last long

By Mike Wall

Ancient Mars was warm and wet only intermittently, a new study suggests.

The Sensoria M2 crew. Beth Mund (top left), Michaela Musilova (bottom left), Amanda Knutson (second to the left middle), Brandy Nunez (bottom middle), Richelle Gribble (second to the right), Chelsea Gohd (right).

Relativity Space teams with HI-SEAS, NASA to celebrate International Women's Day

By Chelsea Gohd

California-based aerospace startup Relativity Space will celebrate International Women's Day (March 8) and Women's History Month with a new video highlighting an all-woman analog astronaut crew.

We're giving away two prizes — a Perserverance mission patch and a commemorative rover-landing coin — to one lucky winner.

In the Space.com forums this week: Perseverance prizes, exploration and breaking theories!

By Mohamed Mohammed

This week, the Space.com forums kicked off our Perseverance Prize giveaway, talked space exploration and more. See what's up here.

NASA's Perseverance rover captured this view during its first test drive on Mars, on March 4, 2021.

NASA names Perseverance rover's Mars touchdown site 'Octavia E. Butler Landing'

By Elizabeth Howell

The Perseverance rover's Red Planet touchdown site has been renamed for Octavia E. Butler, the noted African American science fiction author.

Perseverance took its first steps on Mars, NASA revealed March 5, 2021.

NASA's Perseverance rover takes its first test drive on Mars

By Chelsea Gohd

NASA's Perseverance rover has taken its first steps on Mars, the agency announced today (March 5).

This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot.

NASA will revel in Perseverance rover's 'firsts' on Mars today and you can follow it live

By Tariq Malik

NASA will show off the Perseverance rover's "firsts" on Mars in a teleconference today, March 5. Here's how to watch live.

This still from a White House video shows U.S. President Joe Biden watching NASA's broadcast of the successful Mars landing by the Perseverance rover on Feb. 18, 2021.

NASA's Perseverance rover landing on Mars was a giant leap for America, President Biden says

By Mike Wall

The reverberations from the epic touchdown of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will extend far beyond the science and spaceflight communities, President Biden said.

We're giving away two prizes — this Mars 2020 rover Perseverance mission patch and a commemorative rover-landing coin — to one lucky winner.

Here's your chance to win a Perseverance Prize Pack!

By Space.com Staff

We're giving away two commemorative prizes to one lucky winner!

A raw image taken by the Perseverance rover on March 3, 2021, shows the robot's arm rotated away from the main body as the spacecraft tests its movement.

Perseverance rover flexes its arm on Mars for the 1st time

By Meghan Bartels

NASA's Perseverance rover has spent a busy two weeks settling into its new home on Mars, most recently flexing its robotic arm for the first time.

The Perseverance rover's wind sensor has been deployed, as this shot by one of the robot's navigation cameras shows.

NASA's Perseverance rover deploys wind sensor on Mars

By Mike Wall

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance continues getting up to speed on the Red Planet.

In photos: NASA's Mars Perseverance rover mission to the Red Planet

By Samantha Mathewson

NASA's Perseverance rover is slated to touch down in Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. See images of the Perseverance mission in this Space.com gallery.

Another artist's concept showing NASA's Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars. 

Perseverance rover: NASA's Mars car to seek signs of ancient life

By Nola Taylor Redd, Mike Wall

NASA's Perseverance rover isn't just exploring the Red Planet. The life-hunting robot will also help a little bit of Mars make it to Earth a decade or so from now, if all goes according to plan.

The Mars Society unveiled a crowdfunding campaign for MarsVR.

Mars Society launches crowdfunding push for a VR Mars astronaut mission simulation

By Chelsea Gohd

Using virtual reality, you could explore the surface of Mars from the safety of planet Earth.

NASA's Perseverance rover captured this view from its entry, descent and landing camera system as it descended to the surface of Mars on Feb. 18, 2021.

Here's what the Space.com Forum is discussing this week: Mars, memories, and more!

By Mohamed Mohammed

This week, the community was left in awe at all the images and sounds coming to us from NASA's Perseverance rover.