MARS

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Mars Odyssey probe awake and reoriented after precautionary pause
Dec 29, 2016 (UPI)
NASA engineers temporarily powered down most of the Mars Odyssey orbiter's systems earlier this week after an anomaly was detected. After two days in its safe m...
Small Troughs Growing on Mars May Become 'Spiders'
Dec 22, 2016 (JPL)
Erosion-carved troughs that grow and branch during multiple Martian years may be infant versions of larger features known as Martian "spiders," which are radial...
Skimming an alien atmosphere
Dec 19, 2016 (ESA)
After the smooth arrival of ESA's latest Mars orbiter, mission controllers are now preparing it for the ultimate challenge: dipping into the Red Planet's atmosp...
Full go-ahead for building ExoMars 2020
Dec 19, 2016 (ESA)
The first ExoMars mission arrived at the Red Planet in October and now the second mission has been confirmed to complete its construction for a 2020 launch. ESA...
Opportunity performs several drives to ancient gully
Dec 19, 2016 (JPL)
Opportunity is making progress towards the next science objective of the extended mission. The rover is headed toward an ancient water-carved gully about a kilo...
All eyes on Trump over Mars
Dec 16, 2016 (AFP)
The year 2016 has seen a rekindling of the human desire to conquer Mars, with public and private interests openly vying to take the first step on the Red Planet...
A Promising Spot for Life on Mars
Dec 16, 2016 (SPX)
As NASA's Curiosity rover makes its way up the central peak of Gale Crater, it has been gathering evidence from ancient lake beds and long ago groundwater envir...
Bremen robot team successfully simulates Mars mission in Utah
Dec 16, 2016 (SPX)
A major challenge in the exploration of Mars by robots is its uneven surface, which is marked by trenches and craters. Whether the systems can withstand the rou...
How on Earth Does NASA Choose a Landing Site on Mars?
Dec 16, 2016 (JPL)
Getting to the surface of Mars takes years of planning, engineering and science work, a successful launch, and a months-long journey of millions of miles. You o...
Mars Rock-Ingredient Stew Seen as Plus for Habitability
Dec 14, 2016 (JPL)
NASA's Curiosity rover is climbing a layered Martian mountain and finding evidence of how ancient lakes and wet underground environments changed, billions of ye...
First detection of boron on the surface of Mars
Dec 14, 2016 (SPX)
Boron has been identified for the first time on the surface of Mars, indicating the potential for long-term habitable groundwater in the ancient past. This find...
ExoMars orbiter images Phobos
Dec 07, 2016 (ESA)
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has imaged the martian moon Phobos as part of a second set of test science measurements made since it arrived at the Red Planet on...
Curiosity Rover Team Examining New Drill Hiatus
Dec 07, 2016 (JPL)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is studying its surroundings and monitoring the environment, rather than driving or using its arm for science, while the rover team ...
Mars One puts back planned colonisation of Red Planet
Dec 07, 2016 (AFP)
A British-Dutch company planning to install a community of humans on Mars admitted on Wednesday that it's project will be delayed by several years. The Mars One...
Opportunity team plot path forward to the 'Gully'
Dec 07, 2016 (JPL)
Opportunity is heading towards the next science waypoint on the rim of Endeavour Crater. Early in this period, Sols 4556 and 4559 (Nov. 16, 2016 and Nov. 19, 20...
Evidence suggests early Mars was warmer and wetter
Dec 07, 2016 (UPI)
Scientists are generally in agreement that water once flowed on Mars. The nature of those flows and the conditions that made them possible are less obvious, how...
Swiss firm acquires Mars One private project
Dec 02, 2016 (AFP)
A British-Dutch project aiming to send an unmanned mission to Mars by 2018 announced Friday that the shareholders of a Swiss financial services company have agr...
Europe okays 1.4 bn euros for Mars rover, ISS
Dec 02, 2016 (AFP)
European ministers approved a 1.4-billion-euro ($1.5-billion) lifeline Friday for plans to place a life-seeking rover on Mars and maintain a presence on the Int...
Climate cycles may explain how running water carved Mars' surface features
Dec 02, 2016 (SPX)
Dramatic climate cycles on early Mars, triggered by buildup of greenhouse gases, may be the key to understanding how liquid water left its mark on the planet's ...
NASA Radio on Europe's New Mars Orbiter Aces Relay Test
Dec 01, 2016 (JPL)
Data from each of the two rovers active on Mars reached Earth last week in the successful first relay test of a NASA radio aboard Europe's new Trace Gas Orbiter...
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