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Mars-bound: NASA's life-seeking rover Perseverance set for launch
Jul 30, 2020 (AFP)
Take-off is scheduled for 7:50 am (1150 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida on board a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. If all goes to plan, Perseverance wi...
Lockheed Martin technology protects NASA's Mars 2020 mission
Jul 30, 2020 (SPX)
The Perseverance rover, built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), will study the geology of Mars while searching for signs of past microbial life, collec...
Humanity on Mars? Technically possible, but no voyage on horizon
Jul 30, 2020 (AFP)
Experts believe the technical challenges are nearly resolved, but political considerations make the future of any crewed mission uncertain. NASA's human lunar e...
Mars orbiter spots return of long, thin cloud on Red Planet
Jul 30, 2020 (UPI)
The long, narrow cloud of water ice was observed on the leeward side of Arsia Mons, a large volcano near Mars' equator. Mars Express captured images of the recu...
NASA's aeronautics experts help prepare Ingenuity to fly on Mars
Jul 30, 2020 (SPX)
But it's never a sure thing when it comes to planetary exploration. Even as smart as you are about designing and building spacecraft, you realize you might need...
Mars rover to pave way for rock sample return, human travel
Jul 30, 2020 (UPI)
The exploration and experiments that the Mars rover will undertake are aimed largely at learning about the Red Planet and how mankind someday could create an ou...
Mars-bound: NASA's life-seeking rover Perseverance launches
Jul 30, 2020 (AFP)
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket took off on schedule at 7:50 am (1150 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, despite a 4.2-magnitude earthquake that rattled...
Rover mission follows centuries of fascination with Mars
Jul 29, 2020 (UPI)
Thursday morning's planned launch of the Mars 2020 mission is the latest, and the most advanced step in exploring the Red Planet, built upon lessons from sendin...
NASA overcame pandemic obstacles for Mars rover launch Thursday
Jul 29, 2020 (UPI)
"Our workforce has done an amazing job and here we are, we're launching to Mars in the middle of a pandemic. We already launched two astronauts ... in the middl...
NYUAD astrophysicist investigates the possibility of life below the surface of Mars
Jul 29, 2020 (SPX)
The subsurface - which is less harsh and has traces of water - has never been explored. According to Atri, the steady bombardment of penetrating Galactic Cosmic...
New method determines planetary regolith thermal conductivity
Jul 29, 2020 (SPX)
"Thermal conductivity largely controls the range of temperatures experienced at the surface and in the subsurface. This is important because surface and subsurf...
UK scientists help NASA answer the question, 'was there life on Mars?'
Jul 29, 2020 (SPX)
Jezero crater, the 28-mile wide destination of Perseverance, contains sediments of an ancient river delta, a location where evidence of past life could be prese...
NASA's Perseverance Rover will carry first spacesuit materials to Mars
Jul 29, 2020 (JPL)
Amy Ross is looking for answers. An advanced spacesuit designer at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, she's developing new suits for the Moon and Mars. So ...
Aerojet Rocketdyne will help rocket Perseverance to Mars
Jul 29, 2020 (SPX)
"Perseverance will rely on Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion during the launch, entry, descent and landing phases of the mission, and Aerojet Rocketdyne power durin...
Hong Kong PolyU contributes key ops camera to China's Mars mission
Jul 28, 2020 (Xinhua)
According to PolyU, the Mars Camera is one of the key instruments onboard the Mars spacecraft. Located on the outside top surface of the Mars lander platform, t...
ExoMars finds new gas signatures in the martian atmosphere
Jul 28, 2020 (ESA)
The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has been studying the Red Planet from orbit for over two years. The mission aims to understand the mixture of gases that make up the...
China's probe radar to explore internal structure of Mars
Jul 28, 2020 (XNA)
A ground-penetrating radar, a key probe instrument, was developed by the Aerospace Information Research Institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is e...
Mars 2020 rover paves way for rock sample return
Jul 28, 2020 (UPI)
On board the Perseverance rover are 43 containers the size of cigar tubes, designed to hold rock and dirt samples. If all goes well, many of them will be back o...
Mars 2020 mission to be guided by USGS astrogeology maps
Jul 28, 2020 (SPX)
"Exploration is part of human nature and USGS has a long history and enduring interest in researching planets other than our own," said USGS director and former...
After intense testing, Mars helicopter Ingenuity ready to fly
Jul 27, 2020 (UPI)
The mission is scheduled to launch from Florida on Thursday. If all goes as planned, the Mars helicopter will lift off from the Martian surface next April. But ...
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