Mars Lander

NASA's new Mars lander starts digging into the planet, but hits a few snags

The German drilling instrument on the InSight lander struck what appeared to be a couple of stones.

ESA's Mars Express captures Korolev crater covered in kilometres of pristine snow

The Korolev crater is filled with ice throughout the Martian year, frozen under Mars' cold air.

NASA's InSight lander sets its first instrument on Mars to listen for quakes, wobbles

InSight will put a wind cover over the seismometer next month & set down its second Mars experiment.

NASA’s InSight lander snaps its selfie on Mars using its robotic arm from above

InSight also caught a survey shot of the patch of Mars where it will set down its science instruments.

Three Mars landers from US, Europe and China to follow NASA's InSight spacecraft

NASA's InSight spacecraft touched down on the sweeping red equatorial plains of Mars on 26 November.

NASA's InSight seems to have landed at a slight angle, mission engineers not worried

NASA expects better images from InSight soon, once it sheds the dust covers protecting its cameras.

NASA and the InSight spacecraft gear up for a risky landing on Mars next week

InSight's mission to scope out the insides of Mars is designed to last one Martian, two Earth years.

InSight mission's landing sight on Mars is unremarkable, plain as vanilla: NASA

Being a three-legged lander and not a rover, InSight will remain wherever it touches down.

Schiaparelli Mars lander may have exploded on impact: European Space Agency

European Space Agency's Mars lander may have exploded on impact with the red planet, scientists suggest after preliminary analysis of new images taken by a Nasa probe

Telescope in Maharashtra tracked landing of European Space Agency's lost Schiaparelli Mars lander

In a major achievement, the Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope (GMRT) at Khodad detected and tracked the landing of a European Space Agency's lost Schiaparelli Mars lander