NASA's Curiosity rover completed a pretty challenging climb on Mars in the summer of 2023. Curiosity faced a steep, slippery slope on its journey up Mount Sharp, so rover drivers had to come up with a creative detour.

Discover the secrets that we could unravel by studying Mars samples in state-of-the-art labs on Earth.

Learn how NASA and the European Space Agency are developing plans for bringing the first samples of Mars material safely back to Earth.

NASA's InSight lander detected seismic waves from a meteoroid and captured the sound of the space rock striking the surface of Mars for the first time.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover set out to answer a big question when it landed on the Red Planet more than 10 years ago: Could Mars have supported ancient life?

Learn about the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on NASA's Curiosity rover, which "tastes" rocks to find out what they're made of.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has completed 50+ flights on Mars since landing on the planet on April 19, 2021.

Take a look at the view from inside Gale crater as NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover explores a changing landscape.

Learn about NASA's Curiosity Mars rover's discovery of ancient organic molecules on Mars.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has discovered lots of evidence of ancient lakes on the Red Planet.

Is there water on Mars? There sure is! It's not exactly like water on Earth, but Martian water can tell us a lot about the planet's distant past.

NASA Goddard astrobiologist Heather Graham discusses the search for ancient life on Mars.

Learn how scientists study wind and dust on Mars and how doing so will help future spacecraft and human missions.

Explore this series of clips about a variety of Mars-related topics including landing on Mars, "marsquakes," and driving a rover on Mars.

Discover what NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is learning by studying the atmosphere of Mars.

Explore this gallery for videos and animations relating to Mars science and missions.

In this challenge, you will build your own rubber-band-powered rover that can scramble across a room. Use the engineering design process to improve your rover based on testing results.

Note: This activity is also available in Spanish.

Learn how to describe rock samples like a NASA scientist. Then, take a quiz to see if you can match edible rocks made of candy bars – and real rocks from Earth and space – to the correct description.

Explore how volcanoes can form on different planets in our solar system by creating your very own out of play dough, baking soda, and vinegar!

Help scientists find exotic clouds high in the Martian atmosphere.

A coloring and activity booklet featuring past, present, and future rovers across the solar system. Grab your coloring tools and let's see what you create!

Download a coloring sheet of NASA's MAVEN orbiter and Curiosity Mars rover working together at Mars.

Download and color this Curiosity Mars rover coloring sheet.

Download and color this MAVEN orbiter coloring sheet.

Build your own paper helicopter. Then, just as NASA engineers had to try out different versions of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter before coming up with a final design, you will experiment with the design of your helicopter to see what works best.

Browse these interactive 3D models of a variety of Martian features and Mars missions.

This tool places you right in Gale Crater on Mars, the landing site of NASA's Curiosity rover. Explore the region in a 3D environment by clicking around and seeing images taken by Curiosity.

This interactive map shows the route driven by NASA's Curiosity rover since landing in Gale Crater on August 5, 2012. Explore Curiosity's current location on Mars!

This interactive 3D experience shows NASA's Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars.

This interactive map shows the current locations of both NASA's Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.

NASA Solar System Treks are online, browser-based portals that allow you to explore the surfaces of other worlds using real data returned from a growing fleet of spacecraft. Visit Mars now!

Since landing on Mars in August 2012, NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring the 3-mile-high Mt. Sharp in Gale Crater. Explore the rover's accomplishments so far with this poster.

Ever wonder how you would sound on Mars? Grab your headsets, turn up the volume and listen for the subtle differences between the sounds on Earth versus how they would sound on Mars.

Learn about rover drilling on Mars in this episode of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's "On a Mission" podcast.

Browse an online Martian art gallery.