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Mars is often called the "red planet." It's red because its surface is covered with rusted particles of iron.

Character illustration of planet Mars, shivering in space.

Find out what we know about Mars in this online tour of Earth's closest neighbor.

Do you have what it takes to go on a space mission to Mars?

Let your imagination run wild, and write an inspiring work of science fiction.

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The Viking mission was the first to explore Mars' surface. Two spacecraft, Viking 1 and 2, each with an orbiter and a...

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Pathfinder landed on Mars' surface carrying thesix-wheeled Sojourner rover, a mobile robot. Rover and lander took ov...

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If there's life on any other planet in our solar system, it's probably on Mars. Scientists have sent orbiters, lander...

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On July 5, 1997, the six-wheeled robotic rover, Sojourner, rolled down a ramp from the Pathfinder spacecraft onto the...

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Asteroids are space rocks that have existed since the formation of the planets over 4.6 billion years ago. Scientists...

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) runs the space program, but that's just part of what they do.

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The Earth is our home. So far, it's the only place that we know of that has life. Everywhere you look on Earth there...

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A solar system is made up of a star and everything that travels around it. Solar means "of the sun.

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Considered a pioneer in astronomy, Johannes Kepler is best known for his three laws of planetary motion.

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Saturn is known for the beautiful rings that form a giant hula hoop around it. The rings are made of chunks of ice an...

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The oddest thing about Uranus is that the planet, its rings, and its moons "roll" around the Sun on an axis...

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The smallest and most distant of the "gas giant" planets. Neptune has much in common with its three huge ne...

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Craters are formed when objects from space crash onto a planet's surface. The impact blasts a hole or impression wher...

Take a virtual tour of our solar system to explore its many mysteries.

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Comets are like "dirty snowballs" that have orbited the Sun since our Solar System formed, billions of year...

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Did you ever see a "shooting star"? What you really saw was a meteor burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.

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Are we alone in the Universe? There are billions of stars in our galaxy, and 100 billion galaxies in our Universe.

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If you ever go to Mercury, bring your sunscreen because it is the planet closest to the Sun. You'll also need a pair...

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Venus and Earth are sometimes called sister planets because of their similar size, but don't let this comparison fool...

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When we think of "space," we often think of "outer space" -- the vast, empty, dark space that sur...

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Galileo was a "jack of all trades." He was a musician, a philosopher, a physicist, and an astronomer. He is...

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