Washington DC (SPX) Oct 20, 2020 - If you want to see science fiction at work, visit a modern machine shop, where 3D printers create materials in just about any shape you can imagine. NASA is exploring the technique - known as additi
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 19, 2020 - NASA's InSight lander continues working to get its mole - a 16-inch-long (40-centimeter-long) pile driver and heat probe - deep below the surface of Mars. A camera on InSight's arm recently took i
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 14, 2020 - A rover trundles over rocky terrain, its four metal wheels clattering along until they encounter a seemingly insurmountable hazard: a steep slope. Down below is a potential trove of science targets.
Toulouse, France (SPX) Oct 14, 2020 - Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as prime contractor for the Mars Sample Return's Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) - the first ever spacecraft to bring samples back to Earth fro
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2020 - NASA and Japan's space agency JAXA have selected a new low-cost sample collection technology for 2 missions to the Moon and the Martian moon Phobos. PlanetVac, developed by Altadena, Californi
Beijing (XNA) Oct 11, 2020 - China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 successfully conducted a deep-space maneuver on Friday night (Beijing time), according to the China National Space Administration. The probe completed the maneuver
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 09, 2020 - After touching down on the Red Planet Feb. 18, 2021, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will scour Jezero Crater to help us understand its geologic history and search for signs of past microbial li
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 08, 2020 - All eyes on Mars! October 2020 is a big month for the Red Planet. On Tuesday, October 13th, Mars will be at opposition - opposite the Sun in the sky. On that date, Earth is situated directly between
Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 07, 2020 - The discovery of Martian dune fields largely preserved in the rock record for up to a billion years offers new insights on past climatic conditions on Mars. Mapping extensive sedimentary rock
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 05, 2020 - Sometime between March 2010 and May 2012, a meteor streaked across the Martian sky and broke into pieces, slamming into the planet's surface. The resulting craters were relatively small - just 13 fe
Paris (ESA) Oct 05, 2020 - The path that ExoMars 2022 will follow to reach the Red Planet is set. The trajectory that will take the spacecraft from Earth to Mars in 264 days foresees a touchdown on the martian surface on 10 J
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 01, 2020 - NASA's 2020 Mars mission has been en route to the Red Planet for two months now. The Perseverance rover on board the spacecraft is set to land in Jezero crater on 18 February 2021. There, the rover,
Turin, Italy (ESA) Sep 30, 2020 - Last Sunday night a long, heavy truck hit the road escorted from Italy with a precious cargo. While most of the citizens in Turin prepared to enjoy their dinner, several modules of the ExoMars space
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 29, 2020 - Planetary scientists say in a new report that Mars has four subsurface lakes, which could be a habitat for life.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 29, 2020 - When the Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon, they brought devices with them called retroreflectors, which are essentially small arrays of mirrors. The plan was for scientists on Earth to aim laser
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 24, 2020 - Recent science missions and results are bringing the search for life closer to home, and scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA) and the Florida Institute of Techno
