Mars’ thin atmosphere (1% of Earth) provides challenges not found on Earth or the Moon ... a wide range and size of missions to shed enough velocity during atmospheric flight to enable safe landings.

Alongside aerobraking, this is one of the leading ... such as SpaceX's Starship would be steered and flown through Mars's atmosphere; can fins be used hypersonically or will the plasma thermal ...

This is the first time the X-37B has employed aerobraking, a fuel-efficient technique previously used in Mars and Venus missions ... using the drag of Earth's atmosphere- enables the spacecraft ...

New research suggests the atmosphere of Mars may be hiding in plain sight, having been absorbed by minerals in the Red Planet ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s orbiter around Mars has found that not only is Mars losing its atmosphere faster than Earth, but temperature changes in the upper atmosphere may also be ...

The simulations revealed that in the young Mars, the magnetosphere may have acted as a shield stopping the solar wind from coming too close to the planet's atmosphere thus protecting it.