MARS - SKY NIGHTLY

NASA to simulate growing potatoes on Mars in Peru

Feb 19, 2016 (AFP)

Do Peru's potatoes have the right stuff? That's the question scientists will be asking in Lima next month, when a selection of tubers will begin undergoing test...

Opportunity Taking Panoramic Views and Prepping for Science

Feb 19, 2016 (JPL)

Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover is up on very steep slopes to reach high-value science targets on 'Knudsen ...

Russia plans return to Mars, Moon despite money woes

Feb 19, 2016 (AFP)

Visitors are rare these days to the museum of Russia's Space Research Institute in Moscow even though it holds gems like the model of the Soviet Lunokhod, the f...

Somewhere between Earth and Mars Science Fiction Became Science Fact

Feb 16, 2016 (SPX)

The little boy screamed at the top of his lungs when Bill Nye, the Science Guy, said standup and speak-up. A cute rambling question was deciphered as, yes, NASA...

Site of Martian lakes linked to ancient habitable environment

Feb 10, 2016 (SPX)

Groundwater circulation beneath a massive tectonic rift zone located along the flanks of some the solar system's largest volcanic plateaus resulted in the forma...

Becoming a Martian

Feb 10, 2016 (SPX)

It's 2040, and the human base on Mars is bustling. Robots are moving about, carrying out exploratory missions operated from the base. At a safe distance from th...

Opportunity climbing steeper slopes to reach science targets

Feb 05, 2016 (JPL)

Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover is climbing up steep slopes to reach high-value science targets up on 'Knud...

Sandy Selfie Sent from NASA Mars Rover

Jan 31, 2016 (JPL)

The latest self-portrait from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the car-size mobile laboratory beside a dark dune where it has been scooping and sieving samples...

4 people to live in an HERA habitat for 30 days at JSC

Jan 31, 2016 (SPX)

This 30 day mission will help our researchers learn how isolation and close quarters affect individual and group behavior. This study at our Johnson Space Cente...

Getting real - on Mars

Jan 28, 2016 (SPX)

NASA wants you to know that it's only a matter of months before you can wake up in a Martian habitat, grab some breakfast, jump into your spacesuit, and head ou...

Mars Rover Opportunity Busy Through Depth of Winter

Jan 26, 2016 (JPL)

NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, worked through the lowest-solar-energy days of the mission's seventh Martian winter, while using a diamond-toothed rock g...

India to Cooperate With France on Next Mission to Mars

Jan 26, 2016 (Sputnik)

France will become India's partner in the next Indian mission to Mars, India's Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said Monday. Earlier in the day, French...

Curiosity gets a good taste of scooped, sieved sand

Jan 25, 2016 (JPL)

At its current location for inspecting an active sand dune, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is adding some sample-processing moves not previously used on Mars. Sand...

Opportunity rock abrasion tool conducts two rock grinds

Jan 25, 2016 (JPL)

Opportunity is inside 'Marathon Valley,' up on north-facing slopes for improved solar array energy production. The rover is conducting an in-situ (contact) scie...

Opportunity Abrasion Tool Conducts Two Rock Grinds

Jan 22, 2016 (JPL)

Opportunity is inside 'Marathon Valley,' up on north-facing slopes for improved solar array energy production. The rover is conducting an in-situ (contact) scie...

Thales Alenia Space to supply reaction control subsystem for ExoMars

Jan 19, 2016 (SPX)

Thales Alenia Space-UK are pleased to announce that they have been selected to supply a crucial subsystem, the Reaction Control Subsystem, for the Carrier Modul...

Rover uses Rock Abrasion Tool to grind rocks

Jan 19, 2016 (JPL)

Opportunity is inside 'Marathon Valley' on north-facing slopes for improved solar array energy production. The rover is engaged in an in-situ (contact) science ...

Money troubles may delay Europe-Russia Mars mission

Jan 15, 2016 (AFP)

Part of a joint European-Russian mission to search for signs of life on Mars may be delayed due to cash flow problems, the European Space Agency said Friday. "W...

Opportunity Welcomes Winter Solstice

Jan 14, 2016 (JPL)

Opportunity is inside 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned on steep, north-facing slopes for improved solar array ener...

A Starburst Spider On Mars

Jan 12, 2016 (SPX)

Mars' seasonal cap of carbon dioxide ice has eroded many beautiful terrains as it sublimates (goes directly from ice to vapor) every spring. In the region where...