MARS

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ExoMars orbiter continues hunt for key signs of life on Mars
Jul 20, 2021 (ESA)
Searching for biomarkers on Mars is a primary goal of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. A key biomarker of interest is methane, as much of the methane found on Ear...
Zhurong rover visits parachute and backshell
Jul 16, 2021 (XNA)
The pictures - one color and two black-and-white - were shot by Zhurong's navigation camera on Monday as the rover was traveling southward for its scientific ex...
NASA studies bigger, better Mars helicopter
Jul 15, 2021 (UPI)
The next aircraft sent to Mars has no budget, no confirmed design and no launch date, but researchers at NASA and various universities have studied possible des...
China Shares New Images of Mars Taken by Zhurong Rover
Jul 14, 2021 (Sputnik)
The China National Space Administration released five new photographs of Mars on Friday, featuring rocks on the Martian surface and the vehicle's tire tracks, o...
Mars Helicopter reveals intriguing terrain for rover team
Jul 14, 2021 (JPL)
During the flight - designed to test the helicopter's ability to serve as an aerial scout - Ingenuity soared over a dune field nicknamed "Seitah." Perseverance ...
Flight 9 was a nail-biter, but Ingenuity came through with flying colors
Jul 12, 2021 (JPL)
Flight 9 was not like the flights that came before it. It broke our records for flight duration and cruise speed, and it nearly quadrupled the distance flown be...
Curiosity rover finds patches of rock record erased, revealing clues
Jul 12, 2021 (JPL)
The findings published in the July 9 edition of the journal Science and led by the team in charge of the Chemistry and Mineralogy, or CheMin, instrument - aboar...
Meet the open-source software powering NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
Jul 12, 2021 (SPX)
So they turned to F Prime, a reusable, multi-mission flight software framework designed for CubeSats, small spacecraft, and instruments. The software was archit...
Ingenuity Mars helicopter photos show latest flight area
Jul 12, 2021 (UPI)
The aircraft was sent toward some possible science targets for the mission, flying over a sandy dune area known as Séítah that might be hazardous for the rove...
Mars helicopter begins to scout for Perseverance rover with longest flight
Jul 06, 2021 (UPI)
NASA announced the "most challenging flight yet" was a success Monday via Twitter. Flight nine included a speed record for the aircraft at roughly 11 mph, which...
Landing on Mars is one step closer for British-built rover
Jul 05, 2021 (SPX)
Rosalind Franklin has been built with government backing to try to detect life, past or present, on the Red Planet. After several weeks of delays due to bad wea...
'Lakes' under Mars' south pole: A muddy picture?
Jul 05, 2021 (SPX)
In 2018, scientists working with data from the Mars Express orbiter announced a surprising discovery: Signals from a radar instrument reflected off the red plan...
Perseverance Mars rover to use AutoNav in new self driving mode
Jul 02, 2021 (JPL)
But increasingly, the rover will take charge of the drive by itself, using a powerful auto-navigation system. Called AutoNav, this enhanced system makes 3D maps...
Japan planning soil sampling mission to Mars' Moon Phobos
Jun 30, 2021 (Sputnik)
The agency said that Japan's strategic council has compiled a mid-term report on space policy on Tuesday. According to it, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agenc...
Scientists closer to explaining Mars methane mystery
Jun 30, 2021 (SPX)
While there are no cattle, sheep, or goats on Mars, finding methane there is exciting because it may imply that microbes were, or are, living on the Red Planet....
Insight Mars Lander may die this year due to dust
Jun 29, 2021 (Sputnik)
NASA has revealed that its Martian lander InSight may die this year due to Martian dust. According to the space agency, dust had affected 80 percent of the expl...
Study Sheds New Light on Composition at Base of Martian Southern Polar Cap
Jun 29, 2021 (SPX)
But that might not be the case, says a new paper "Strong MARSIS Radar Reflections from the Base of Martian South Polar Cap may be due to Conductive Ice or Miner...
Video, audio clips shed light on historic Mars mission
Jun 28, 2021 (XNA)
The clips, released by the China National Space Administration, recorded the processes of the Mars touchdown by Tianwen 1's landing capsule, the Zhurong rover's...
Getting a robot to take a selfie on Mars
Jun 28, 2021 (JPL)
Selfies allow engineers to check wear and tear on the rover. But they also inspire a new generation of space enthusiasts: Many rover team members can cite a fav...
Study Looks More Closely at Mars' Underground Water Signals
Jun 25, 2021 (JPL)
In 2018, scientists working with data from ESA's (the European Space Agency's) Mars Express orbiter announced a surprising discovery: Signals from a radar instr...
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