/tags/mars Mars en-US Copyright Fri, 04 May 2018 16:17:00 GMT /2018-05-04/nasa-is-heading-back-to-mars-to-peer-inside-the-red-planet The NASA mission is set to launch Saturday morning. The InSight spacecraft will land in the Elysium Planitia to listen for "Marsquakes" and learn more about what Mars is made of. Fri, 04 May 2018 16:17:00 GMT /2018-05-04/nasa-is-heading-back-to-mars-to-peer-inside-the-red-planet Joe Palca /science/2014-08-21/study-up-for-think-a-look-at-the-rover-on-the-red-planet Two summers ago, the Mars Curiosity rover made its landing on the red planet. Approximately thirty-five million miles from Earth, the $2.5 billion robot… Thu, 21 Aug 2014 17:17:47 GMT /science/2014-08-21/study-up-for-think-a-look-at-the-rover-on-the-red-planet Adelina Sun /science/2012-08-07/nasa-releases-video-of-mars-rover-descent NASA has released a low-resolution video of the Curiosity rover during the final few minutes of its descent to the Martian surface.The video showed the… Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:38:12 GMT /science/2012-08-07/nasa-releases-video-of-mars-rover-descent /science/2012-08-03/track-nasas-new-mission-to-mars Curiosity is scheduled to land this Sunday evening. Of course, NPR is indulging your inner geek accordingly, with stories about hopes for the mission, the… Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:12:49 GMT /science/2012-08-03/track-nasas-new-mission-to-mars