MARS

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Results of Mars 2020 heat shield testing
Apr 30, 2018 (JPL)
Project management at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is working with contractor Lockheed Martin Space, Denver, to understand the caus...
Bernese Mars camera CaSSIS sends first colour images from Mars
Apr 27, 2018 (SPX)
The Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) has been designed by an international team under guidance of the University of Bern. The Mars camera is on...
ESA and NASA to investigate bringing martian soil to Earth
Apr 27, 2018 (ESA)
Spacecraft in orbit and on Mars's surface have made many exciting discoveries, transforming our understanding of the planet and unveiling clues to the formation...
A Yellowstone guide to life on Mars
Apr 26, 2018 (SPX)
Doctoral candidate Andrew Gangidine is working with UC geology professor Andrew Czaja to develop a marker for ancient bacterial life on Mars. The research could...
Opportuity Mars rover looking for a path of less resistance
Apr 25, 2018 (JPL)
The rover is positioned about halfway down the approximately 656 feet (200-meter) valley near an apparent flow stream island. Opportunity is finishing up some i...
Clear as mud: Desiccation cracks help reveal the shape of water on Mars
Apr 20, 2018 (SPX)
In early 2017 scientists announced the discovery of possible desiccation cracks in Gale Crater, which was filled by lakes 3.5 billion years ago. Now, a new stud...
SwRI's Martian moons model indicates formation following large impact
Apr 19, 2018 (SPX)
The origin of the Red Planet's small moons has been debated for decades. The question is whether the bodies were asteroids captured intact by Mars gravity or wh...
NASA scientist to discuss 'Swimming in Martian Lakes: Curiosity at Gale Crater'
Apr 17, 2018 (SPX)
Guzewich is a speaker in the 2018 NASA Goddard Lectures Series at the Library of Congress. Guzewich is a research astrophysicist in the Planetary Systems Labora...
US, Russia likely to go to Mars Together, former NASA astronaut says
Apr 17, 2018 (Sputnik)
"I think we are on a path to work together to go on to different places in space. Mars is a logical major milestone forward," Sega said. "We may have a differen...
Mars impact crater or supervolcano?
Apr 13, 2018 (ESA)
Ismenia Patera - patera meaning 'flat bowl' in Latin - sits in the Arabia Terra region on Mars. This a transition area between the planet's northern and souther...
Mars Express to get major software update
Apr 12, 2018 (ESA)
With nearly 15 years in orbit, Mars Express - one of the most successful interplanetary missions ever - is on track to keep gathering critical science data for ...
The Rock Outcrop 'Tome' Continues to Garner Interest On Mars
Apr 12, 2018 (JPL)
The rover is positioned about halfway down the approximately 656 feet (200-meter) valley near an apparent flow stream island. A set of outcrops is garnering gre...
MIPT physicists design a model of Martian winter
Apr 10, 2018 (SPX)
In this study, the MIPT team expanded the analysis to include smaller particles that are more elusive. As a result, the calculations turned out to be more accur...
UAH gets NASA early-stage funding for Marsbees concept
Apr 10, 2018 (SPX)
Dr. Kang's collaborators on the proposal include Drs. Farbod Fahimi, Brian Landrum, and Guangsheng Zhang from UAH's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engin...
ExoMars poised to start science mission
Apr 10, 2018 (ESA)
The Trace Gas Orbiter has reached its final orbit after a year of 'aerobraking' that ended in February. This exciting operation saw the craft skimming through t...
Trace Gas Orbiter reaches stable Mars orbit, ready to start science mission
Apr 10, 2018 (UPI)
The Trace Gas Orbiter is the European Space Agency's newest Martian probe. It's goal is to survey the Red Planet's atmosphere in search of gases that could offe...
Bungee Jumping: Russian Scientists Suggest Using Ropes to Ship Cargo From Mars
Apr 09, 2018 (Sputnik)
Russian scientists have suggested launching cargo from Mars with the help of huge cables stretching from Phobos or Deimos. The innovative move essentially impli...
NASA's Idea to Send Swarm of Robots to Mars
Apr 05, 2018 (Sputnik)
Sputnik: What is it about the bee as an insect that would make it a good model for NASA's Mars exploration? Sethu Vijayakumar: Mars exploration is an interestin...
NASA Ready to Study Heart of Mars
Apr 03, 2018 (JPL)
Scheduled to launch as early as May 5, NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight), a stationary lander, will...
Mars Parachute Test Successfully Launched from Wallops
Apr 03, 2018 (SPX)
The next ASPIRE test at Wallops is currently scheduled for later this summer. The rocket was carrying the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Exper...
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