It only takes a few minutes to get to space! Rockets hit the boundary of space, approximately 100 km above Earth, in around 8 ...

The distance to Mars from Earth constantly changes as they orbit the sun. The average distance between Earth and Mars is 140 million miles (225 million km).

Orbit around the Sun: It takes 687 Earth days for the Red Planet to go around the Sun one time. Rotation: Mars spins on its axis at about the same speed as Earth does.

At a distance of 1,547 kilometers (961 miles) from Mars, the spacecraft is readied for the engine firing that will brake its approach speed and allow Odyssey to be captured into Mars’ orbit.

A Chinese spacecraft went into orbit around Mars on Wednesday on an expedition to land a rover on the surface and scout for signs of ancient life, authorities announced in a landmark step in the ...

And, critically, crews would be able to control surface robotics and communicate with human explorers on surface missions nearly instantaneously, instead of dealing with an Earth-Mars lag time ...

Then, it will be time to maneuver Hope into the science orbit, which will allow the probe’s instruments to begin capturing scientific data of Mars. Hope will complete one scientific orbit of the ...