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Scientists study gypsum to better understand water on Mars
Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)
A new explanation of how gypsum forms may change the way we process this important building material, as well as allow us to interpret past water availability o...
Scientists find Mars surface replica in India
Apr 05, 2016 (IANS)
Why wait for a million-dollar ticket to Mars when you can have an inter-planetary experience a la Oscar nominated blockbuster "The Martian" right here in India?...
Rover takes on steepest slope ever tried on Mars
Apr 04, 2016 (JPL)
NASA's long-lived Mars rover Opportunity is driving to an alternative hillside target after a climb on the steepest slope ever tackled by any Mars rover. Opport...
'Mixed Reality' Technology Brings Mars to Earth
Apr 01, 2016 (JPL)
What might it look like if you were walking around on Mars? A group of researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, has been working o...
Martian winds slowly build enormous mounds over billions of years
Apr 01, 2016 (SPX)
New research has found that wind carved massive mounds of more than a mile high on Mars over billions of years. Their location helps pin down when water on the ...
Mars Express keeps watch on frosty Martian valleys
Mar 28, 2016 (ESA)
Nestled within the fractured rim of a vast impact basin on Mars are valley floors dusted in frost. At 2200 km wide and up to 9 km deep, the Hellas Basin is the ...
Opportunity moves to new locations to the southwest
Mar 28, 2016 (JPL)
Opportunity is exploring the south side of 'Marathon Valle' located on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover is up on the slopes of 'Knudsen Ridge'. The object...
HiRISE: 45,000 Mars Orbits and Counting
Mar 28, 2016 (SPX)
True to its purpose, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, or MRO, the spacecraft that began orbiting Mars a decade ago, has delivered huge advances in knowledge ...
NASA: Manned mission to Mars still 'long way' off
Mar 26, 2016 (UPI)
Though still 20-plus years in the offing, NASA officials say their first manned mission to Mars would aim to create a permanent operations base that could be re...
ExoMars performing flawlessly
Mar 24, 2016 (ESA)
Following a spectacular liftoff, ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is performing flawlessly en route to the Red Planet. The ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbite...
Opportunity Rover Goes Back Downhill
Mar 24, 2016 (JPL)
Opportunity is exploring within 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover is up on the slopes of 'Knudsen Ridge.' The primary objective is to ...
New Gravity Map Gives Best View Yet Inside Mars
Mar 22, 2016 (JPL)
A new map of Mars' gravity made with three NASA spacecraft is the most detailed to date, providing a revealing glimpse into the hidden interior of the Red Plane...
ExoMars probe imaged en route to Mars
Mar 18, 2016 (UPI)
The first half of the ExoMars mission began this week with the launch of the Trace Gas Orbiter from Kazakhstan. In the hours following Monday's launch, the prob...
ExoMars on its way to solve the Red Planet's mysteries
Mar 16, 2016 (ESA)
The first of two joint ESA-Roscosmos missions to Mars has begun a seven-month journey to the Red Planet, where it will address unsolved mysteries of the planet'...
How the ExoMars mission could sniff out life on Mars
Mar 16, 2016 (The Conversation)
"It (could be) life Jim, but (perhaps) not as we know it." This is not just a sci-fi catchphrase, but also something some planetary scientists have uttered in r...
Europe's New Mars Mission Bringing NASA Radios Along
Mar 15, 2016 (JPL)
Two NASA radios aboard the European Space Agency's Mars mission are engineered to provide communication relay service for rovers and landers on Mars. ESA's ExoM...
NASA Selects Scientists for Mars Rover Research Projects
Mar 15, 2016 (JPL)
NASA has selected 28 researchers as participating scientists for the Curiosity Mars rover mission, including six newcomers to the rover's science team. The six ...
Opportunity seeking clay minerals on steeper slopes
Mar 15, 2016 (JPL)
Opportunity is exploring steep outcrops within Marathon Valley on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover is up on the very steep slopes of 'Knudsen Ridge'. The ...
ExoMars 2016 - The heat is on
Mar 15, 2016 (SPX)
Airbus Defence and Space, the world number two in space technologies, has designed and built the two heat shields which will enable the Schiaparelli capsule of ...
Rocket blasts off on Russia-Europe mission seeking life on Mars
Mar 14, 2016 (AFP)
A joint European-Russian mission aiming to search for traces of life on Mars left Earth's orbit Monday at the start of a seven-month unmanned journey to the Red...
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