This image provided by NASA shows the planet Mars 

There are three missions to Mars in July alone, including one from space newbie the United Arab Emirates which launched the first ever interplanetary probe by an Arab nation.

Race to the red planet gets underway as UAE Mars launch lifts off

Nasa's Insight lander has detected and measured what scientists believe to be the first seismological tremor recorded on another planet. 

Nasa recording reveals the sound of the first 'Marsquake' - listen to it here

The Mars rover Opportunity's mission is officially over, Nasa has confirmed.


Mars rover Martian mission ended after 15 years

The Mars Express mission celebrates 15-years of orbit on Christmas Day.

Gigantic ice-filled crater on Mars portrays idyllic wintry scene

The InSight rover captured a picture of the red dusty planet on a camera which was fixed on its robotic arm.

InSight spacecraft sends selfie back to Earth after landing on Mars

NASA's InSight Mars mission has successfully touched down on the red planet in "seven minutes of terror" for mission team members.

Why was it so hard for the Nasa InSight mission to land on Mars?

The rover will be the most sophisticated robot that the European Space Agency has ever sent to Mars.

Rover taken on intensive test drive before being sent off to Mars

The rover fell silent after a huge dust storm on Mars blocked its main energy source - the Sun.

Chris Hadfield on how music helped him in space

The Mars Express space craft discovery greatly increases the chances of primitive life surviving on the Red Planet.

Scientists discover 'giant liquid water lake' on Mars

NASA hope the softball-sized aircraft will pave the way for future aerial space explorations.

NASA to send tiny helicopter to fly around Mars skies

It will take more than six months for the Mars InSight lander to reach the planet and start its unprecedented geologic excavations.

Nasa launches spacecraft to look into ‘Marsquakes’ and take planet’s temperature

Billionaire Elon Musk has unveiled plans that he says could allow his SpaceX company to colonise Mars.


Billionaire Musk announces plan to colonise Mars

Researchers confined themselves to a dome on a remote volcano to simulate a mission to Mars.

Life on Mars: Team emerge from long-term isolation

Hundreds of thousands of faulty red Skittles were found on a rural US highway after falling off the back of a truck.

Mars probe Skittles 'on their way to become cattle feed'

The failed British mission to Mars Beagle 2 came "excruciatingly close" to succeeding, scientists say.

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