MARS

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Early Martian climate was intermittently warm
Mar 11, 2021 (SPX)
The authors, led by Dr. Robin Wordsworth of Harvard University, point out that reconciling the geology of Mars with models of atmospheric evolution remains a ma...
Perseverance 'SuperCam' begins hunt for past life on Mars
Mar 10, 2021 (AFP)
The return to Earth years from now of the rocks and soil it retrieves "will give scientists the Holy Grail of planetary exploration," Jean-Yves le Gall, preside...
Mars Express unlocks the secrets of curious cloud
Mar 09, 2021 (ESA)
Mars Express has spied this cloud before as it hovers near the Arsia Mons volcano, just south of Mars' equator. Puzzlingly, Arsia Mons is the only low-latitude ...
NASA Awards Mars Ascent Propulsion System Contract for Sample Return
Mar 05, 2021 (JPL)
Coupled with the successful touchdown of the Mars Perseverance rover, this award moves NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) one step closer to realizing Mars Sa...
ExoMars goes for a spin
Mar 05, 2021 (ESA)
Essential preparation for the mission's flight to Mars and plunge through the planet's atmosphere is to ensure the spacecraft is perfectly balanced when spinnin...
China's Tianwen-1 probe to land on Mars in May or June
Mar 05, 2021 (XNA)
The probe is functioning normally and has sent home China's first high-definition images of Mars, which contain a large quantity of scientific information, said...
NASA's Perseverance Drives on Mars' Terrain for First Time
Mar 05, 2021 (JPL)
"When it comes to wheeled vehicles on other planets, there are few first-time events that measure up in significance to that of the first drive," said Anais Zar...
Planetary science intern leads study of Martian crust
Mar 04, 2021 (SPX)
Surprisingly, instruments from past Mars missions, both orbiters and landers, have spotted patches on the planet's surface that are strongly magnetized--a prope...
China shows first high-def pictures of Mars taken by Tianwen 1
Mar 04, 2021 (XNA)
The pictures - two black-and-white and one color - were shot recently by China's Tianwen 1 robotic probe when the spacecraft was travelling in Mars orbit, accor...
Perseverance Hardware One Day after Landing
Mar 02, 2021 (SPX)
The rover itself sits at the center of a blast pattern created by the hovering skycrane (labeled as "descent stage") that lowered it there. The skycrane flew of...
Ice frozen under Mars' surface offers major resource to aid future settlements
Mar 02, 2021 (SPX)
Bramson, a Purdue University assistant professor of planetary science, was part of recent research to determine the location and depth of the subsurface ice. Th...
Testing proves its worth with successful mars parachute deployment
Feb 26, 2021 (JPL)
Test. Test again. Test again. Testing spacecraft components prior to flight is vital for a successful mission. Rarely do you get a do-over with a spacecraft aft...
Mastcam-Z's First 360-Degree Panorama
Feb 25, 2021 (JPL)
Mastcam-Z is a dual-camera system equipped with a zoom function, allowing the cameras to zoom in, focus, and take high-definition video, as well as panoramic co...
SwRI scientist captures evidence of dynamic seasonal activity on a Martian sand dune
Feb 25, 2021 (SPX)
In early spring images, captured by two different cameras on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, SwRI's Dr. Cynthia Dinwiddie noticed airborne plumes of dusty mate...
Tianwen 1 probe enters preset parking orbit
Feb 24, 2021 (XNA)
The spacecraft, which has entered a crucial stage in China's first interplanetary exploration mission after seven months of lengthy space voyage, conducted its ...
Life from Earth could temporarily survive on Mars
Feb 23, 2021 (SPX)
"We successfully tested a new way of exposing bacteria and fungi to Mars-like conditions by using a scientific balloon to fly our experimental equipment up to E...
Martian moons have a common ancestor
Feb 23, 2021 (SPX)
Mars's two moons, Phobos and Deimos, have puzzled researchers since their discovery in 1877. They are very small: Phobos's diameter of 22 kilometres is 160 time...
NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Provides Front-Row Seat to Landing, First Audio Recording of Red Planet
Feb 22, 2021 (JPL)
From the moment of parachute inflation, the camera system covers the entirety of the descent process, showing some of the rover's intense ride to Mars' Jezero C...
Mars helicopter reports in, New color images available
Feb 22, 2021 (JPL)
The downlink, which arrived at 3:30 p.m. PST (6:30 p.m. EST) via a connection through the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, indicates that both the helicopter, which...
America has sent five rovers to Mars -- when will humans follow?
Feb 20, 2021 (AFP)
NASA's current Artemis program is billed as a "Moon to Mars" mission, and acting administrator Steve Jurczyk has reiterated his aspiration of "the mid-to-end of...
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