NASA has decided to temporarily halt sending commands to its Mars fleet from November 11 to 25, as the Earth, the Sun, and the Red Planet align in a phenomenon known as Mars solar conjunction. This ...

For a couple of weeks during October 2006, Mars and Earth will be on opposite sides of the Sun. Every day for the past decade, the U.S. has had a presence at Mars, using spacecraft to understand this ...

The two-week pause in commanding is now over. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Mars robots are back up to full speed on and ...