MARS

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Mystery Methane on Mars: The Saga Continues
May 15, 2015 (SPX)
A scientist has raised questions about the latest detection of methane on Mars, suggesting that NASA's rover could be responsible for the mysterious burp. Highl...
Quick Detour by NASA Mars Rover Checks Ancient Valley
May 14, 2015 (JPL)
Researchers slightly detoured NASA's Curiosity Mars rover from the mission's planned path in recent days for a closer look at a hillside site where an ancient v...
Russian Scientist Gets Patent on Transfiguring Martian Atmosphere
May 14, 2015 (Sputnik)
As the Earth's brainpower is focused on Mars exploration, a chemist privatized space engineering and is ready to make the Red Planet's atmosphere suitable for c...
Curiosity tracks sundown on Mars
May 14, 2015 (JPL)
The sun dips to a Martian horizon in a blue-tinged sky in images sent home to Earth this week from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. Curiosity used its Mast Camera (...
NASA funds SwRI instrument to date Moon and Mars rocks
May 13, 2015 (SPX)
NASA has approved $2.6 million to advance development of Southwest Research Institute's (SwRI) Chemistry, Organics, and Dating Experiment (CODEX) instrument. Th...
Student Mars Rover team will compete in Utah desert
May 09, 2015 (SPX)
A team of Cornell engineering students has advanced to the finals of the University Rover Challenge, a competition to build and operate a prototype radio-contro...
NASA Announces Journey to Mars Challenge
May 08, 2015 (SPX)
What do you need to bring, and how do you minimize the need for delivery of future supplies in order to establish a sustained human presence on a planet 140 mil...
4,000+ Martian Days of Work on Mars!
May 07, 2015 (JPL)
Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater next to the "Spirit of St. Louis" crater near the entrance of "Marathon Valley." The rover has been exploring...
US space agency chief confident of putting Americans on Mars in 2030s
May 07, 2015 (XNA)
U.S. space agency NASA's Administrator Charles Bolden on Tuesday hailed progress on the manned Mars mission, saying that they are on track to reach the goal set...
UAE says on track to send probe to Mars in 2021
May 06, 2015 (AFP)
Oil-rich United Arab Emirates said Wednesday it was pressing ahead with plans to send the first Arab unmanned probe to Mars by 2021, naming it "Hope". The probe...
Traffic Around Mars Gets Busy
May 05, 2015 (JPL)
NASA has beefed up a process of traffic monitoring, communication and maneuver planning to ensure that Mars orbiters do not approach each other too closely. Las...
Rock Spire in 'Spirit of St. Louis Crater' on Mars
May 05, 2015 (JPL)
An elongated crater called "Spirit of St. Louis," with a rock spire in it, dominates a recent scene from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploratio...
Rover on the Lookout for Dust Devils
Apr 28, 2015 (JPL)
Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater next to the "Spirit of St. Louis" crater near the entrance of "Marathon Valley." The rover had been conductin...
UAE opens space center to oversee mission to Mars
Apr 23, 2015 (Sputnik)
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) opened the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center on Saturday to oversee preparations of the country's Mars exploration probe mission. ...
Robotic Arm Gets Busy on Rock Outcrop
Apr 17, 2015 (JPL)
Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater near the entrance of "Marathon Valley," a putative location for abundant clay minerals. The rover is position...
NASA Mars Rover's Weather Data Bolster Case for Brine
Apr 17, 2015 (JPL)
Martian weather and soil conditions that NASA's Curiosity rover has measured, together with a type of salt found in Martian soil, could put liquid brine in the ...
NASA's Curiosity Rover Making Tracks and Observations
Apr 17, 2015 (JPL)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is continuing science observations while on the move this month. On April 16, the mission passed 10 kilometers (6.214 miles) of tota...
Mars might have liquid water
Apr 17, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers have long known that there is water in the form of ice on Mars. Now, new research from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows that it is possible that th...
Examining Rock Outcrop at 'The Spirit of St. Louis' Crater
Apr 14, 2015 (JPL)
Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater near the entrance of "Marathon Valley," a putative location for abundant clay minerals. The rover is position...
Mars rover data boosts hope for liquid water on Mars
Apr 13, 2015 (AFP)
Research from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has strengthened hopes that liquid water may exist near the surface of Mars, astrophysicists said on Monday. The clue ...
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