Blast your name to Mars about the rover set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral in the summer of 2020 as NASA prepares for a manned mission to the Red Planet in 2024.

The Maven spacecraft blasted off aboard an unmanned Atlas V rocket at 1:28 p.m. EST Monday afternoon from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a long journey into space. Its ultimate destination: Mars.

File photo/Associated Press The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity stands ready for its launch at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in ...

NASA's newest robotic explorer is set to blast off from earth Monday for a 10-month journey to Mars. CBS News Miami: Free 24/7 News; CBS Miami App; ...

A Long March-5 rocket, carrying an orbiter, lander, and rover as part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars, lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China’s Hainan Province on ...

Mars One announced sometime ago that it plans to scope things out with an unmanned mission before it ships off humans to the red planet in 2025. Today, the non-profit org has finally revealed that ...

In a second step for China's Mars exploration program, a larger probe will set off for Mars around 2030 to take samples and then return to Earth, space officials have said. Follow China.org.cn on ...