The scientific community was appalled by the news that president Donald Trump's administration was looking to deal a ...

Odyssey isn't the only Mars mission facing a requested budget reduction. The 2021 budget also proposes cutting the Curiosity rover's funds by about 25%, a substantial hit for the brave little rover.

The budget cuts NASA's $7.33 billion science budget nearly in half, affecting multiple missions. Photo / There is a fully ...

Mars Odyssey is the longest-serving spacecraft to visit Mars. It has mapped the planet in high resolution and serves as a relay for communications from the Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity rovers.

In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.

The NASA Odyssey orbiter, which launched in 2001 from Cape Canaveral, snapped a 1st-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above the clouds before dawn.

NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall as Earth’s largest volcano.

NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter is depicted in this illustration. The mission team spent most of 2021 assessing how much propellant is left on the orbiter, concluding it has enough to stay ...

"Mars Odyssey is going to look at the surface and see if it can find water deposits, ice deposits, underground," Weiler said. "It's going to look for thermal hot spots.