Paris (AFP) Sept 28, 2015 - Scientists on Monday announced the strongest evidence yet of liquid water on Mars, raising the distant prospect of microscopic life on the Red Planet.
Miami (AFP) Sept 25, 2015 - Surviving in space is hard and scientists say The Martian shows precisely what challenges astronauts will face on a pioneering mission to Mars, even though it contains some big inaccuracies right from the get-go.
Washington (AFP) Sept 09, 2013 - More than 200,000 people from 140 countries have applied to go to Mars and never return, the group behind an ambitious venture to colonize the inhospitable red planet said Monday.
Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 - Futurist and inventor Elon Musk unveiled ambitious plans Friday to send cargo ships to Mars in five years and use rockets to carry people between Earth's major cities in under half-an-hour.
Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2011 - The US company SpaceX is working on the first-ever reusable rocket to launch to space and back, with the goal of one day helping humans colonize Mars, founder Elon Musk said Thursday.
Miami (AFP) Sept 19, 2017 - Six people have emerged from an isolated dome in Hawaii where they spent the past eight months on a mock Mars mission, living in close quarters, eating dried foods and trying to get along.
London (AFP) Sept 8, 2011 - A British geologist has volunteered to spend 48 hours in an airtight chamber relying on the oxygen produced by plants to survive.
Paris (AFP) Sept 30, 2014 - High winds are a near-daily force on the surface of Mars, carving out a landscape of shifting dunes and posing a challenge to exploration, scientists said Tuesday.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 16, 2009 - Russia will pushed back its flagship satellite mission to Mars' moon until 2011 in a move which will delay the joint launch of China's first Mars probe, space sources were cited as saying Wednesday.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 16, 2009 - Russia will pushed back its flagship satellite mission to Mars' moon until 2011 in a move which will delay the joint launch of China's first Mars probe, space sources were cited as saying Wednesday.
Checiny, Poland (AFP) Sept 05, 2014 - Robots built to traverse the rugged terrain of Mars battled it out in Poland on Friday in a competition to find the best way to explore the Red Planet.
Toronto, Canada (AFP) Sept 12, 2015 - Matt Damon got to relive his childhood fantasies of being an astronaut in Ridley Scott's 3D space epic The Martian, where he portrays a character left for dead on the Red Planet.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 1, 2017 - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Friday of a major conflict looming on the Korean Peninsula, calling for talks to alleviate the crisis after Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan this week.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sept 01, 2011 - Opportunity has begun the in-situ (contact) investigation of rocks around the rim of Endeavour crater. On Sol 2690 (Aug. 18, 2011), the rover began the approach to a large ejecta block, named
Noordwijk, Netherlands (AFP) Sept 8, 2015 - European experts have pulled off a major advance that might one day help build new worlds in space after an astronaut in the International Station Station remotely guided a robot on Earth by feel.
Washington (AFP) Sept 21, 2014 - A NASA spacecraft that aims to study the upper atmosphere of Mars and reveal how its climate changed over time is poised to begin orbiting the Red Planet on Sunday.
