NASA is remembering one of its most notable July 4th events: the arrival of its Sojourner on Mars in 1997. Depending on your age, you may not be familiar with Sojourner, having instead learned about ...

It was the size of a microwave oven. It weighed as much as a corgi. It traveled slower than a sloth. And as NASA's newest robotic rover, it made history as the first-ever wheeled vehicle to land on ...

First came Sojourner. Then Spirit and Opportunity. Curiosity followed. And now there’s Perseverance. NASA unveiled the name for the next Mars rover on Thursday, the culmination of the agency’s “Name ...

On July 4th, 1997 as Americans were stoking their barbecues, a NASA spacecraft touched down on Mars and bounced like a beach ball. The Pathfinder mission was an unlikely and stunning success that ...

NASA has pulled an old Mars image from its archives, bringing it to the attention of a new generation of space enthusiasts. The image was captured by one of the space agency's earlier Martian rovers, ...

Summer was in full swing in Pasadena, California, and Donna Shirley was spending America’s Independence Day baking outside on the Mall of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). “I was out burning up.

Among the many Americans who stayed up late to see if NASA’s Curiosity rover would alight safely on Mars, there were probably at least a few executives from Mattel. The toy company could see a bump in ...

After hours of uncertainty, NASA scientists cheered a second victory on Mars last night, regaining contact with their Sojourner land rover and clearing the way for it to roll out onto the Red Planet. ...