MARS

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Rover Team Working to Diagnose Electrical Issue
Nov 22, 2013 (JPL)
Science observations by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity have been suspended for a few days while engineers run tests to check possible causes of a voltage change de...
Research uncovers secrets of Mars' birth from unique meteorite
Nov 22, 2013 (SPX)
As NASA prepares to launch a new Martian probe, a Florida State University scientist has uncovered what may be the first recognized example of ancient Martian c...
Stunning meteorite sheds light on infant Mars
Nov 20, 2013 (AFP)
A meteorite found in the Sahara last year by Bedouin tribesmen is a rock from Mars, revealing that the Red Planet's crust formed 4.4 billion years ago, scientis...
Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains of Mars soil
Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains in planetary regolith. Instruments on the Curiosity Mars rover not only measure the chemistry of roc...
The Plan for Inspiration Mars
Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)
Earlier this year Dennis Wingo wrote a very interesting piece for SpaceRef.com on Dennis Tito's announced plan to send two space passengers on a commercial flyb...
The Overprotection of Mars?
Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)
A recent commentary paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience argues that planetary protection policies and practices designed to guard solar system bodi...
Variation of halogens in martian soil calls for an atmosphere-surface cycle
Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)
In the November issue of Icarus, researchers from LSU's Department of Geology and Geophysics and Stony Brook's Department of Geosciences assess the details of h...
Evidence found for granite on Mars
Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers now have stronger evidence of granite on Mars and a new theory for how the granite - an igneous rock common on Earth -- could have formed there, acc...
Mars Rover Teams Dub Sites in Memory of Bruce Murray
Nov 18, 2013 (JPL)
Features on Mars important to the missions of NASA's two active Mars rovers are now called "Murray Ridge" and "Murray Buttes," in honor of influential planetary...
NASA launches spacecraft to study Mars atmosphere
Nov 18, 2013 (AFP)
NASA on Monday launched its unmanned MAVEN spacecraft toward Mars to study the Red Planet's atmosphere for clues as to why Earth's neighbor lost its warmth and ...
Lockheed Martin-Built MAVEN Launches To Mars
Nov 18, 2013 (SPX)
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, was launched Monday at 1:28 pm ET from Cape Canaveral Air Force Stat...
LeVar Burton Shares MAVEN's Story in a New NASA PSA
Nov 18, 2013 (SPX)
As NASA prepares for next week's launch of the agency's next Mars-bound spacecraft, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN), actor LeVar Burton share...
NASA poised to launch Mars atmosphere probe
Nov 16, 2013 (AFP)
What happened to the water on Mars? How did the Red Planet's atmosphere become so thin over time? NASA's MAVEN probe is scheduled to launch Monday on a mission ...
MAVEN Aims To Answer Where Did the Water on Mars Go
Nov 13, 2013 (JPL)
The planet Mars, with its rust red countenance and barren character, presents itself as an object of mystery and intrigue. It is also a catalyst for ongoing sci...
Mission to Mars moon could be a sample-return twofer
Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)
The study helps to confirm the idea that the surface of Phobos contains tons of dust, soil, and rock blown off the Martian surface by large projectile impacts. ...
NASA release 'tour' of ancient, wet Mars as YouTube video
Nov 13, 2013 (UPI)
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has release a YouTube video it says shows how Mars may have looked 4 billion years ago. When the Red Planet was young, it app...
Martian moon samples will have bits of Mars
Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)
A planned mission to return a sample from the Martian moon Phobos will likely be a twofer, according to a study by Brown University geologists. The study helps ...
Curiosity Out of Safe Mode
Nov 13, 2013 (JPL)
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Project received confirmation from Mars Sunday (Nov. 10) that the Curiosity rover has successfully transitioned back into nominal...
India Mars mission back on track after engine glitch: scientists
Nov 12, 2013 (AFP)
India's Mars spacecraft was "successfully" raised into a higher orbit around Earth early on Tuesday, after a brief engine failure during an earlier attempt, the...
Indian Mars mission suffers glitch but 'no setback'
Nov 11, 2013 (AFP)
India's Mars spacecraft suffered a brief engine failure Monday as scientists tried to move it into a higher orbit around Earth, but controllers denied any setba...
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