Program users can tinker with landing and path planning scenarios to identify optimal landing sites for Mars rovers.

Graduate student Alexa Aguilar helps tiny satellites communicate and builds connections in her academic community.

Discovery adds to evidence suggesting that Mars was at one time habitable.

A multidisciplinary team of MIT students and postdocs wins an international competition focused on building sustainably on Mars.

Annual conference explores the rise and distant future of the private space industry.

An LA-area alumna is on board for the new space race.

Senior Sarah Hensley aims to improve Earth's most advanced humanoid robot, in advance of its trip to the Red Planet.

A novel interpretation of Raman spectra will help the 2020 Mars rover select rocks to study for signs of life.

Vibrating footwear could help astronauts and visually impaired earthlings skirt obstacles.

Sydney Do, a PhD student in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is adding authenticity to a virtual Mars experience.