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April 02, 2025
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ExoMars rover to land on Mars aboard European-built platform



Paris, France (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Airbus the contract to design and construct the landing platform for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, marking a major step forward for the mission targeting a 2028 launch. The European-led initiative will search for traces of life, past or present, on Mars. Airbus teams in the UK will handle development of the platform's mechanical systems, thermal control, and propulsion. These elements are vital for ensuring a safe and stable landing when the rover ... read more

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Martian dust may endanger astronaut health during surface missions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
New research involving the University of Colorado Boulder warns that exposure to Martian dust could pose serious health threats to astronauts on future missions. According to the study, prolonged co ... more
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Visiting Mars on the Way to the Outer Solar System
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 30, 2025
Recently Mars has had a few Earthly visitors. On March 1, NASA's Europa Clipper flew within 550 miles (884 kilometers) of the Red Planet's surface on its way out to Jupiter. On March 12, the Europea ... more
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Sols 4488-4490: Progress Through the Ankle-Breaking Terrain
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 26, 2025
Earth planning date: Friday, March 21, 2025: It's the start of spring here in the Northern Hemisphere on Earth, but in Gale Crater on Mars our rover is still heading into the depths of Martian winte ... more
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Mars climate contrast deepens with new atmospheric wave study
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 26, 2025
Atmospheric waves, which resemble ripples that spread across water surfaces, have long intrigued scientists for their role in planetary climate systems. A new international study titled "Atmospheric ... more
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NASA's rover Curiosity finds biggest known organic molecules on Mars
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 25, 2025
The NASA rover "Curiosity" discovered what scientists say is the largest ever seen organic molecules on Mars, raising speculation about if life was created billions of years ago on the Red Planet. ... more
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Detects Largest Organic Molecules Found on Mars
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 25, 2025
Researchers analyzing pulverized rock onboard NASA's Curiosity rover have found the largest organic compounds on the Red Planet to date. The finding, published Monday in the Proceedings of the Natio ... more
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Shocking Spherules!
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 24, 2025
Last week the Perseverance Science Team were astonished by a strange rock comprised of hundreds of millimeter-sized spheres... and the team are now working hard to understand their origin. It has n ... more
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NASA and USGS join forces to advance space resource detection
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2025
NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently convened a diverse group of stakeholders from government, industry, and the international space community to focus on the technologies needed for ... more

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Musk says Starship to depart for Mars at end of 2026
Washington (AFP) Mar 15, 2025
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Saturday its massive Starship rocket would leave for Mars at the end of 2026 with Tesla humanoid robot Optimus onboard, adding that human landings could follow "as soon as 2029." ... more
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Mars Study Suggests Mid-Crust Water May Not Be Essential to Data Interpretation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2025
More than 3 billion years ago, Mars had episodic liquid water on its surface. However, as the planet lost much of its atmosphere, surface water became unsustainable. The precise fate of this water-w ... more
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Navigating a Slanted River
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2025
Perseverance is hard at work on Mars, overcoming obstacles for scientific exploration! Just a few sols after successfully sealing the challenging Green Gardens core, Perseverance roved on to the Bro ... more
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Scientists Develop New Technique to Detect Life in Martian Rock Samples
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2025
Within the next decade, space agencies aim to bring back rock samples from Mars for examination on Earth. A major concern surrounding these missions is the potential presence of extraterrestrial mic ... more
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Small and large planets have significantly different upbringings
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2025
The shape of a planet's orbit is one of its fundamental properties, along with its size and distance from its host star. Earth has a nearly circular orbit, but some planets outside our solar system, ... more
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Researchers analyze river bends to distinguish planetary channel origins
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 06, 2025
Channels carved by rivers, lava, and ice all exhibit winding, sinuous patterns, yet a new study from The University of Texas at Austin has identified a fundamental difference in the way rivers bend ... more
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Redwire Selected to Develop Concept for Advanced Mars Spacecraft
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2025
Redwire Corporation (NYSE:RDW), a leading provider of space infrastructure, has secured a study contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to design an innovative spacecraft platform intended for ... more
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New evidence suggests gypsum deposits on Mars may hold signs of ancient life
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 25, 2025
A research collaboration between the University of Bern and the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene in Algeria has yielded significant progress in astrobiology. Their recent study ... more
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Rover finds evidence of 'vacation-style' beaches on Mars
University Park PA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
Mars may have once been home to sun-soaked, sandy beaches with gentle, lapping waves according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). An intern ... more
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Gardens on Mars? No, Just Rocks!
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 26, 2025
Over the past week, Perseverance has been parked at a location called "Tablelands," an area containing the "Serpentine Lake" abrasion patch acquired a few weeks ago. The Mars 2020 team has been dili ... more
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Have we been wrong about why Mars is red
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
New research combining spacecraft data from the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA with advanced laboratory experiments suggests that Mars developed its distinctive red hue much earlier in its his ... more
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Ancient beaches testify to long-ago ocean on Mars
Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
A Chinese rover that landed on Mars in 2021 detected evidence of underground beach deposits in an area thought to have once been the site of an ancient sea, providing further evidence that the plane ... more
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Laser-powered spectrometer tested on Earth may uncover microbial fossils on Mars
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
The possibility that microbial life once thrived in ancient Martian waters has intrigued scientists for years. Now, researchers have demonstrated a method to detect fossilized microbes in gypsum dep ... more
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Jumping workouts could help astronauts on the moon and Mars
Baltimore MD (SPX) Feb 16, 2025
Jumping workouts could help astronauts prevent the type of cartilage damage they are likely to endure during lengthy missions to Mars and the Moon, a new Johns Hopkins University study suggests. ... more
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China unveils innovative dual-mode robot for planetary exploration
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 12, 2025
A team of researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology has introduced a cutting-edge dual-mode robot designed to enhance planetary exploration capabilities. The prototype, which weighs approx ... more
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Perseverance Rover's Groundbreaking Soil and Rock Samples
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2025
NASA's Perseverance rover has successfully collected its first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples, marking a historic step in Martian exploration. A new study highlights these early sampl ... more
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Sols 4443-4444: Four Fours for February
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2025
Earth planning date: Monday, Feb. 3, 2025: Another successful weekend plan left us about 23 meters (about 75 feet) farther down our Mount Sharp Ascent Route (MSAR), with all our science data downlin ... more
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New Martian Crater Reveals Far-Reaching Seismic Signals
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
By leveraging artificial intelligence, researchers have identified a newly formed crater on Mars, revealing that the impact event propelled vibrations deep into the planet's mantle. Recent fin ... more
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Meteor collision shakes Mars recorded by InSight
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
A space rock crashed into the martian surface in February 2021, generating seismic waves that extended 1640 km to reach NASA's InSight lander. The collision carved out a crater about 21 m wide and d ... more
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Texas A&M scholar secures NASA funding to examine Martian dune dynamics
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Sand dunes on the Red Planet may provide critical clues about Mars' puzzling environment, and Lauren Berger, a Ph.D. candidate in Texas A and M's Department of Geology and Geophysics, is prepared to ... more
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Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the Moon?
Nottingham UK (SPX) Jan 31, 2025
The Artemis program has been Nasa's best chance to get "boots on the Moon" again. But with the new US administration taking guidance from tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is focused on Mars colonisa ... more
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Dwarf planet Ceres has rare organic material delivered by asteroids
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 29, 2025
Organic molecules, critical components for life, have been identified on Ceres, the dwarf planet located within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. These molecules, formed from carbon, hydro ... more
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Approaching the Red Planet from the Kitchen
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 29, 2025
Rootless cones, small volcanic landforms typically ranging from several meters to a few hundred meters in diameter, form through explosive interactions between surface lava and water bodies such as ... more
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