NASA captured an expansive view of the largest volcano known to humanity. The space agency used its 23-year-old Mars Odyssey orbiter to capture a never-before-seen view of Olympus Mons — a vista ...

NASA's Mars Odyssey robotic spacecraft, which has been exploring Mars for over two decades, is set to complete an impressive milestone on June 30: 100,000 orbits around the Red Planet. Since its ...

Early astronomers once called the bright feature Nix Olympica, latin for “Olympic Snow”, based solely on telescope observations. Its true form was only confirmed in 1971, when NASA’s Mariner 9 mission ...

NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft was launched on April 7, 2001, and entered the orbit of Mars on October 24, 2001. During its active 23-year mission, it has changed the way we see the Red Planet but ...