Photo Essays
Mars on Earth: A Look at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah
At the Mars Desert Research Station outside Hanksville, Utah, a group of scientists are taking advantage of Mars-like terrain to investigate the possibility of...
Forty Years Later: Apollo 17′s Final Footprints
The thinking 40 years ago was simple: After six lunar landings in less than three and a half years, humanity was clearly on its way to becoming a multi-world...
Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space
From Mars Curiosity’s self portrait to a destructive Saturn cyclone, view our monthly roundup of cosmic highlights from November 2012.
NASA's New Mars Rover 'Curiosity'
Photos from inside the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where technicians and engineers tested the vehicle at the center of NASA's next mission to Mars.
Patterns of Mars
A high-resolution camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captures the abstract beauty of the Martian landscape
What the Mars Phoenix Lander Saw
After a safe landing in the Red Planet's northern polar region, NASA's probe searched for signs of water — and the possibility of life
Russia's Fake Mission to Mars
For more than a year and a half, six volunteers seal themselves off from the world in an effort simulate what a journey to the Red Planet might feel like
