MARS

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Curiosity Mars Rover Studies Rock-Layer Contact Zone
Jul 05, 2015 (JPL)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is examining a valley where at least two types of bedrock meet, for clues about changes in ancient environmental conditions recorded...
Curiosity rover back to work, studying rock-layer contact zone
Jul 02, 2015 (UPI)
After a few weeks of limited communication with ground controllers, NASA's Curiosity rover is back online and doing some science. The rover has resumed its expl...
New plan proposed to send humans to Mars
Jul 01, 2015 (SPX)
A new, cost-constrained U.S. strategy to send humans on Mars, could be achieved within projected NASA budgets by minimizing new developments and relying mainly ...
Prandtl-m prototype could pave way for first plane on Mars
Jun 30, 2015 (UPI)
NASA researchers are preparing to test the prototype that may pave the way for the first plane to fly Martian skies. The airplane is called the Prandtl-m. The p...
Rover In Good Health After Communication Blackout
Jun 28, 2015 (JPL)
Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater at the 'Spirit of St. Louis' crater near the entrance of 'Marathon Valley.' The Earth-Mars Solar Conjunction ...
Rover Remains in Solar Conjunction Communication Blackout
Jun 28, 2015 (JPL)
Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater at the 'Spirit of St. Louis' crater near the entrance of 'Marathon Valley.' We are inside the Earth-Mars Sola...
Veteran NASA Spacecraft Nears 60,000th Lap Around Mars, No Pit Stops
Jun 25, 2015 (JPL)
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft will reach a major milestone June 23, when it completes its 60,000th orbit since arriving at the Red Planet in 2001. Named after ...
Scientists find methane in Mars meteorites
Jun 17, 2015 (SPX)
An international team of researchers has discovered traces of methane in Martian meteorites, a possible clue in the search for life on the Red Planet. The resea...
New study favors cold, icy early Mars
Jun 17, 2015 (SPX)
The high seas of Mars may never have existed, according to a new study that looks at two opposite climate scenarios of early Mars and suggests that a cold and i...
NASA Signs Agreements to Advance Agency's Journey to Mars
Jun 17, 2015 (SPX)
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden signed agreements with two European partners to advance Mars exploration and our journey to the Red Planet during meetings Tue...
Red Planet Rising
Jun 16, 2015 (Sputnik)
Fresh off successfully retrieving samples from an asteroid in 2011, Japan's space agency, JAXA, has just unveiled an even loftier goal: to land a probe on one o...
Japanese space agency plans to get samples from Martian moon
Jun 12, 2015 (UPI)
The Japanese space agency announced Thursday a plan to send a spacecraft to one of the two Martian moons for surface samples to bring back to Earth for analysis...
Martian glass: Window into possible past life?
Jun 11, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers from Brown University have used satellite data to detect deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars. Though formed in the searing heat of a vio...
Supersonic NASA parachute torn to pieces in latest test
Jun 09, 2015 (AFP)
NASA scientists working toward putting people on Mars said Tuesday a supersonic parachute they are developing to slow a vehicle's approach to the Red Planet par...
Rover Ready for Solar Conjunction and Period of Curtailed Operations
Jun 09, 2015 (JPL)
Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater at the 'Spirit of St. Louis' crater near the entrance of 'Marathon Valley.' The rover is now configured for S...
Building a Smarter Rover
Jun 05, 2015 (NASA)
The next mission to Mars could carry a smarter rover that is able to make better decisions absent instructions from Earth. Engineers are looking to automate som...
Mars Missions to Pause Commanding in June, Due to Sun
Jun 04, 2015 (JPL)
In June 2015, Mars will swing almost directly behind the sun from Earth's perspective, and this celestial geometry will lead to diminished communications with s...
United Arab Emirates Hopes to Reach Mars by2021
Jun 03, 2015 (Sputnik)
The United Arab Emirates has decided that while oil wealth is great, it might be wise to branch out and diversify their economy a bit. So they're going to go to...
NASA Begins Testing Next Mars Lander Insight
May 29, 2015 (JPL)
Testing is underway on NASA's next mission on the journey to Mars, a stationary lander scheduled to launch in March 2016. The lander is called InSight, an abbre...
The Supreme Council of Parachute Experts
May 29, 2015 (JPL)
It was not your typical NASA meeting. But then again, it would have been difficult to have a typical NASA meeting surrounded by all the hooks, nets, processing ...
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