Mars 10 fun facts about Mars, also known as the red planet Extensive research efforts have taken place in an ongoing mission to explore the planet ...

On October 19, 2014, Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring passed much closer to Mars than any previous known comet flyby of Earth or Mars, missing the Red Planet by a mere 87,000 miles (139,500 kilometers).

The helicopter, designed and managed by JPL, traveled to Mars attached to NASA’s Perseverance rover, which landed on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021.

Here is how the robot will go about its 687-day mission on Mars, the equivalent of one Martian year. 1. Perseverance is landing in the Jezero Crater Perseverance's destination is the Jezero Crater ...

NASA's Perseverance rover snapped this view of a Mars boulder on June 11, 2021. It resembles a walrus, a seal or even a banana slug. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU ...

Temperatures on Mars can dip to around -220 degrees Fahrenheit (-140 degrees Celsius). Those frigid conditions comprise the main argument against any liquid water flowing on the Red Planet.