MARS

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New Look at 2004's Martian Hole-in-One Site
Apr 24, 2017 (JPL)
The scene includes Eagle Crater and Opportunity's nearby parachute and backshell, from the April 10, 2017, observation by MRO's High Resolution Imaging Science ...
Researchers Produce Detailed Map of Potential Mars Rover Landing Site
Apr 21, 2017 (SPX)
The region is home to a striking mineral diversity, including deposits that indicate a variety of past environments that could have hosted life. Using the highe...
Mars Rover Opportunity Leaves 'Tribulation'
Apr 20, 2017 (JPL)
A color panorama of a ridge called "Rocheport" provides both a parting souvenir of Cape Tribulation and also possible help for understanding the valley ahead. T...
Mars spacecraft's first missions face delays, NASA says
Apr 14, 2017 (AFP)
A report by NASA's Office of Inspector General cited technical as well as budget challenges. The first launch of the Orion spacecraft atop the planned Space Lau...
France, Japan aim to land probe on Mars moon
Apr 13, 2017 (AFP)
The Martian Moons Exploration project would launch a probe in 2024 destined for Phobos, the largest and closest of two moons circling the Red Planet. Paris and ...
Opportunity Mars rover on the way to Perseverance Valley
Apr 12, 2017 (JPL)
The rover drove on Sols 4686, 4688 and 4691 (March 30, April 1 and April 4, 2017), covering 127 feet (38.79 meters), 44 feet (13.36 meters) and 91 feet (27.82 m...
NASA's MAVEN reveals Mars has metal in its atmosphere
Apr 12, 2017 (SPX)
"MAVEN has made the first direct detection of the permanent presence of metal ions in the ionosphere of a planet other than Earth," said Joseph Grebowsky of NAS...
Russia critcal to ExoMars Project says Italian Space Agency Head
Apr 06, 2017 (Sputnik)
Russia is a fundamental partner in the joint project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia's Roscosmos space corporation ExoMars, Italian Space Age...
Chile desert combed for clues to life on Mars
Apr 06, 2017 (AFP)
Chile's Atacama desert may seem to contain little besides red-grey rocks and sand -- but scientists are busy searching here for clues to life in a place it much...
Potential Mars Airplane Resumes Flight
Mar 31, 2017 (SPX)
Flight tests have resumed on subscale aircraft that could one day observe the Martian atmosphere and a variant that will improve collection of Earth's weather d...
Prolific Mars Orbiter Completes 50,000 Orbits
Mar 31, 2017 (JPL)
The most data-productive spacecraft yet at Mars swept past its 50,000th orbit this week, continuing to compile the most sharp-eyed global coverage ever accompli...
New MAVEN findings reveal how Mars' atmosphere was lost to space
Mar 31, 2017 (SPX)
Solar wind and radiation are responsible for stripping the Martian atmosphere, transforming Mars from a planet that could have supported life billions of years ...
Final two ExoMars landing sites chosen
Mar 29, 2017 (ESA)
Two ancient sites on Mars that hosted an abundance of water in the planet's early history have been recommended as the final candidates for the landing site of ...
Mars dust storm west of Opportunity starting to abate
Mar 27, 2017 (JPL)
Opportunity is just outside the rim of Endeavour Crater, heading to the gully, named 'Perseverance Valley.' The large regional dust storm to the west of the rov...
Breaks observed in Curiosity rover wheel treads
Mar 23, 2017 (JPL)
A routine check of the aluminum wheels on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has found two small breaks on the rover's left middle wheel-the latest sign of wear and te...
Mars Volcano, Earth's Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time
Mar 21, 2017 (JPL)
New NASA research reveals that the giant Martian volcano Arsia Mons produced one new lava flow at its summit every 1 to 3 million years during the final peak of...
Does Mars Have Rings? Not Right Now, But Maybe One Day
Mar 21, 2017 (JPL)
As children, we learned about our solar system's planets by certain characteristics - Jupiter is the largest, Saturn has rings, Mercury is closest to the sun. M...
ExoMars: science checkout completed and aerobraking begins
Mar 17, 2017 (ESA)
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has completed another set of important science calibration tests before a year of aerobraking gets underway. The mission was launc...
Mars Rover Tests Driving, Drilling and Detecting Life in Chile's High Desert
Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)
Due to its extreme dryness, the Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the most important environments on Earth for researchers who need to approximate the condition...
NASA Mars Orbiter Tracks Back-to-Back Regional Storms
Mar 13, 2017 (JPL)
A regional dust storm currently swelling on Mars follows unusually closely on one that blossomed less than two weeks earlier and is now dissipating, as seen in ...
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