MARS

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NASA's Curiosity Rover finds an ancient oasis on Mars
Oct 08, 2019 (JPL)
That is the landscape described by Curiosity scientists in a Nature Geoscience paper published this week. The authors interpret rocks enriched in mineral salts ...
NASA's Mars 2020 rover tests descent-stage separation
Oct 07, 2019 (JPL)
"Firing the pyrotechnic devices that held the rover and descent stage together and then doing the post-test inspection of the two vehicles was an all-day affair...
Curiosity findings suggest Mars once featured dozens of shallow briny ponds
Oct 07, 2019 (UPI)
Scientists on the Curiosity mission described their interpretation of the rover's Gale Crater observations -- and of the ancient Martian landscape -- in a new p...
UK eases sanctions on Moscow to allow activities related to joint space mission to Mars
Oct 04, 2019 (Sputnik)
"Article 3 also amends the description of the activities which require prior authorisation under Article 4(2b) of the Russia Sanctions Regulation in article 5 o...
A fresh attempt for the first 'Mole' on Mars
Oct 04, 2019 (SPX)
A small crater has formed around the shaft, with the result that the small penetrometer is experiencing insufficient friction against its exterior to be able to...
InSight 'hears' peculiar sounds on Mars
Oct 02, 2019 (JPL)
The spacecraft's exquisitely sensitive seismometer, called the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS), can pick up vibrations as subtle as a breeze. T...
Far out: Bosnian village tickled to share name with Mars crater
Sep 26, 2019 (AFP)
Earlier this week, mayor Snezana Ruzicic received a letter from the US space agency honouring the link between the village and its other-worldly twin. The 28-mi...
Trump marks Mars as next target, Moon 'not so exciting'
Sep 23, 2019 (Sputnik)
"We're going to Mars," Trump told reporters after a White House meeting with Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, marking Mars as a more exciting target t...
Marvellous Mars from the North Pole to the Southern Highlands
Sep 23, 2019 (SPX)
The upper part of this striking global view of Mars shows the northern hemisphere and the North Pole ice cap in winter. A thin veil of clouds stretches from the...
Drones probe dust devils to understand Mars's atmosphere
Sep 20, 2019 (SPX)
Now, Jackson and his team, including Dr. Ralph Lorenz of Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Lab and Michelle Szurgot, an undergraduate physics major at ...
Carbon Dioxide Conversion Challenge could help human explorers live on Mars
Sep 20, 2019 (SPX)
Phase 2 of NASA's CO2 Conversion Challenge invites the public, academia and industry to build a system that demonstrates the conversion of CO2 in combination wi...
Deadline closing for names to fly on NASA's next Mars rover
Sep 19, 2019 (JPL)
This rover is scheduled to launch as early as July 2020 and expected to touch down on Mars in February 2021. The Mars 2020 rover represents the initial leg of h...
3D models of Mars to aid ESA Rover in quest for ancient life
Sep 17, 2019 (SPX)
To increase the accuracy of the models, the team has developed an innovative technique that integrates atmospheric data into the digitally-generated scenes. The...
Mars 2020 Spacecraft Comes Full Circle
Sep 13, 2019 (JPL)
Establishing the rover's center of gravity is a key part of the assembly process and helps ensure that the spacecraft travels smoothly from launch to entry, des...
'Martian CSI' Sheds Light on How Asteroid Impacts Generated Running Water Under Red Planet
Sep 09, 2019 (Sputnik)
A recent study entailing modern analysis of Martian meteorites has revealed stunning new details about how asteroid impacts facilitate the generation of tempora...
NASA Research Gives New Insight into How Much Atmosphere Mars Lost
Sep 06, 2019 (SPX)
Mars is a cold, inhospitable desert today, but features like dry riverbeds and minerals that only form with liquid water indicate that long ago it had a thick a...
ESA Chief says discussed ExoMars 2020 launch with Roscosmos
Aug 30, 2019 (Sputnik)
The European Space Agency's Director General Jan Woerner said he had spoken to Russia's Roscosmos during MAKS-2019 to ensure all issues on the joint ESA-Roscosm...
NASA Invites Students to Name Next Mars Rover
Aug 29, 2019 (JPL)
Starting Tuesday, K-12 students in U.S. public, private and home schools can enter the Mars 2020 Name the Rover essay contest. One grand prize winner will name ...
NASA engineers attach Mars Helicopter to Mars 2020 rover
Aug 29, 2019 (UPI)
Earlier this year, NASA Administrator Bridenstine detailed the agency's plans for exploring Mars through the air. "For the first time, we are going to fly a hel...
NASA's Mars Helicopter Attached to Mars 2020 Rover
Aug 29, 2019 (JPL)
The twin-rotor, solar-powered helicopter was connected, along with the Mars Helicopter Delivery System, to a plate on the rover's belly that includes a cover to...
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