The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s.

In what appears to be a jab at NASA, Rocket Lab this week ... be an Earth Return Orbiter and Mars entry and descent system, housing a sample retrieval lander and Mars ascent vehicle (MAV).

NASA's InSight lander mission on Mars has ended. The lander studied Marsquakes and the planet's interior. Dust accumulated on its solar panels, causing power loss. Orbiting spacecraft captured ...