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One year on 'Mars': Inside NASA's ultra-realistic isolation study
Jul 31, 2024 (AFP)
From conducting mock "Marswalks" to tending to a vertical garden, and occasionally grappling with boredom -- Haston expressed pride in advancing the cause of sp...
Has NASA found evidence of ancient life on Mars
Jul 31, 2024 (SPX)
Perseverance's main mission is to search for signs of past life in Jezero crater, which was once home to an ancient river delta. The rover is equipped with a su...
Rocket Lab readies twin spacecraft for NASA Mars mission
Jul 30, 2024 (SPX)
Rocket Lab constructed the twin spacecraft for the University of California Berkeley's Space Science Laboratory and NASA to support the Escape and Plasma Accele...
GMV advances Lunar rover navigation with FASTNAV project
Jul 30, 2024 (SPX)
FASTNAV focuses on a multi-range navigation system tailored for ESA's lunar exploration goals, which include achieving a travel distance of 20 km within a lunar...
NASA Mars rover captures rock that could hold fossilized microbes
Jul 26, 2024 (AFP)
The six-wheeled robotic explorer came across an intriguing, arrow-shaped rock dubbed "Cheyava Falls" that may harbor fossilized microbes from billions of years ...
Key technologies driving NASA's Mars exploration discussed at conference
Jul 24, 2024 (SPX)
One of the standout innovations is the Mars Helicopter, named Ingenuity. Weighing just 1.8 kg, Ingenuity has completed over 50 successful flights on Mars. These...
NASA picks next 4 crew members for simulated Mars mission in Texas
Jul 22, 2024 (UPI)
Erin Anderson, Sergii Iakymov, Brandon Kent and Sarah Elizabeth McCandless are to begin their simulated trek to Mars within NASA's Human Exploration Research An...
NASA rover finds pure sulfur crystals in Martian rock
Jul 19, 2024 (SPX)
Scientists were stunned on May 30 when a rock that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover drove over cracked open to reveal something never seen before on the Red Planet: ...
AI enhancements drive Mars rover discoveries
Jul 17, 2024 (SPX)
For nearly three years, Perseverance has been utilizing AI to autonomously identify minerals in Martian rocks. This innovative use of AI on Mars marks a signifi...
Voyagers of Mars: The First CHAPEA Crew's Yearlong Journey
Jul 12, 2024 (SPX)
The first all-volunteer CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) crew accomplished all of that and more during their 378-day analog mission on th...
Mars Likely Experienced Cold and Icy Conditions, Study Suggests
Jul 11, 2024 (SPX)
Published on July 7th in Communications Earth and Environment, the study sought to find Earth soils similar to those in Mars' Gale Crater. Soils are key to unde...
Martian Atmosphere Unveiled Through Innovative Use of Existing Technology
Jul 09, 2024 (SPX)
Using this modified equipment, a team including researchers from Imperial College London has investigated previously unreachable regions of Mars' atmosphere. Th...
Europe's Earth Return Orbiter Advances to Next Development Stage
Jul 08, 2024 (SPX)
A CDR is a crucial stage in any spaceflight project, ensuring that the spacecraft can move from concept to reality. The recently completed Platform Critical Des...
'Ready to come out?' Scientists reemerge after year 'on Mars'
Jul 06, 2024 (AFP)
The reply is inaudible, but beneath his mask he appears to be grinning as he yanks the door open -- and four scientists who have spent a year away from all othe...
Volunteer Crew to Exit NASA's Simulated Mars Habitat After 378 Days
Jul 03, 2024 (SPX)
the space agency will stream the activity, which will include a short welcome ceremony, on the space agency+, the space agency Television, the the space agency ...
Crew inside NASA's Mars habitat simulator to exit after more than a year
Jul 02, 2024 (UPI)
Crew members Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and Nathan Jones will be greeted with a short welcome ceremony at about 5 p.m. EDT, which can be viewed ...
This desert moss has the potential to grow on Mars
Jul 02, 2024 (SPX)
"Our study shows that the environmental resilience of S. caninervis is superior to that of some of highly stress-tolerant microorganisms and tardigrades," write...
New Seismic Data Reveals Daily Meteorite Impacts on Mars
Jul 01, 2024 (SPX)
Seismic "Chirp" Signals New Class of Quakes Using data from the seismometer deployed during the NASA InSight Mission to Mars, researchers found that six seismic...
Martian Meteorite Impacts Provide a 'Cosmic Clock' for Planetary Dating
Jul 01, 2024 (SPX)
New research led by scientists at Imperial College London and ETH Zurich, as part of NASA's InSight mission, reveals the frequency of 'marsquakes' caused by met...
NASA Parachute Sensor Testing Could Make EPIC Mars Landings
Jul 01, 2024 (SPX)
Knowing how the canopy material stretches during deployment can enhance safety and performance by quantifying the limits of the fabric and improving existing co...
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