MARS

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Research helps in understanding the dynamics of dune formation
Nov 27, 2018 (SPX)
Despite differences in scale varying from ten-centimeter ripples for underwater dunes to kilometer-high mountains for Martian dunes, the dynamics of barchan for...
InSight unfolds to catch some solar rays on Mars
Nov 27, 2018 (JPL)
"The InSight team can rest a little easier tonight now that we know the spacecraft solar arrays are deployed and recharging the batteries," said Tom Hoffman, In...
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Delivers Mars InSight to Planet's Surface
Nov 26, 2018 (SPX)
The final phase of lnSight's descent was powered by 12 Aerojet Rocketdyne MR-107N 50 lbf engines, providing variable pounds of pulsed thrust throughout its desc...
Lockheed Martin and NASA JPL Successfully Land on Mars
Nov 26, 2018 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor responsible for the complete spacecraft system - cruise stage, aeroshell and the lander itself. Mission management and n...
NASA's InSight Lander Arrives on Martian Surface
Nov 26, 2018 (JPL)
InSight's two-year mission will be to study the deep interior of Mars to learn how all celestial bodies with rocky surfaces, including Earth and the Moon, forme...
Shaping the surface of Mars with water, wind and ice
Nov 26, 2018 (ESA)
Mars is a planet of two halves. In places, the northern hemisphere of the planet sits a full few kilometres lower than the southern; this clear topographic spli...
ESA lends a hand at Mars
Nov 26, 2018 (ESA)
On 26 November, NASA's robotic science lab will land on the dusty Martian surface around 20:00 UTC (21:00 CET). Equipped with a suite of geological instruments,...
Anxiety at NASA as InSight spacecraft nears Red Planet
Nov 26, 2018 (AFP)
Mars InSight's goal is to listen for quakes and tremors as a way to unveil the Red Planet's inner mysteries, how it formed billions of years ago and, by extensi...
Mars InSight lands on Red Planet
Nov 26, 2018 (AFP)
The dramatic arrival of the $993 million spacecraft -- designed to listen for quakes and tremors as a way to unveil the Red Planet's inner mysteries, how it for...
Before Mars landing, a nail-biting 'six and a half minutes of terror'
Nov 24, 2018 (AFP)
"There is very little room for things to go wrong," said Rob Grover, head of the entry, descent and landing team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena...
InSight Spacecraft on Course for Mars Touchdown
Nov 23, 2018 (JPL)
Engineers will be keeping a close eye on the stream of data indicating InSight's health and trajectory, and monitoring Martian weather reports to figure out if ...
NASA counts down to landing of Martian quake-sensor, InSight
Nov 23, 2018 (AFP)
No one is on board the spacecraft, which launched nearly seven months ago and has traveled some 300 million miles (482 million kilometers). But part of its miss...
What two planetary siblings can teach us about life
Nov 21, 2018 (JPL)
There was a time when their resemblance was uncanny: Both were warm, wet and shrouded in thick atmospheres. But 3 or 4 billion years ago, these two worlds took ...
Mars Moon Got Its Grooves from Rolling Stones
Nov 21, 2018 (SPX)
The research, published in Planetary and Space Science, uses computer models to simulate the movement of debris from Stickney crater, a huge gash on one end of ...
HP3 mole onboard NASA's InSight mission soon to land on Mars
Nov 20, 2018 (SPX)
The landing is scheduled to take place at 20:53 CET [19:53 UTC] on 26 November 2018 on the Elysium Planitia plain, a bit north of the Martian equator. As the ho...
How NASA will know when InSight touches down on Mars
Nov 19, 2018 (JPL)
But in the minutes before that, NASA's InSight team will be monitoring the Mars lander's radio signals using a variety of spacecraft - and even radio telescopes...
NASA picks ancient Martian river delta for 2020 rover touchdown
Nov 19, 2018 (JPL)
The rover mission is scheduled to launch in July 2020 as NASA's next step in exploration of the Red Planet. It will not only seek signs of ancient habitable con...
Overflowing crater lakes carved canyons across Mars
Nov 17, 2018 (SPX)
The findings suggest that catastrophic geologic processes may have had a major role in shaping the landscape of Mars and other worlds without plate tectonics, s...
For arid, Mars-like desert, rain brings death
Nov 15, 2018 (SPX)
An international team of planetary astrobiologists has found that after encountering never-before-seen rainfall three years ago at the arid core of Chile's Atac...
Atmospheric opacity over Opportunity drops to storm-free levels
Nov 14, 2018 (JPL)
Since loss of signal on Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018), 253 recovery commands have been radiated. No signal from Opportunity has been heard. Opportunity likely experi...
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