Harsh weather forced the UA-led Phoenix Mars lander to shut down on Tuesday night in what officials said could mark the beginning of the end of the spacecraft's mission.

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) recently captured a new look at the retired InSight lander, showing just how much dust has piled up on its solar panels.In the latest image, taken on October ...

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Built on the design of NASA’s Mars Phoenix lander, InSight’s sensors also captured a haunting low rumble caused by vibrations from the Martian wind, which was estimated to blow at 10 to 15 mph.

Scientists handling the next Mars mission say the only way a significant dust storm like the one raging on Mars in recent days could seriously harm their spacecraft is if one were to suddenly whip ...

The Phoenix Suns today announced that Titan Solar Power, the nation’s leading rooftop solar contractor based in Mesa, Arizona, will become the team’s official solar contractor.

It takes 4.3 to 5.0 hours to charge using only solar power, 4.3 hours using only an AC outlet, 8.0 hours via car charger and 4.1 hours using the USB-C port by itself.

In what could be the final message from NASA's InSight Mars lander, its Twitter account bid farewell Monday with an image. "My power’s really low, so this may be the last image I can send," the ...

There are also several inactive spacecraft on Mars' surface, which ran out of power or were broken in some way. One example is the NASA Pathfinder lander and Sojourner rover, which landed in July ...