Washington DC (UPI) Jul 30, 2020 - Ahead of this week's planned Mars rover launch from Florida, NASA scientists spent Tuesday highlighting major science objectives for the mission that could impact future space travel. The expl
Cape Canaveral (AFP) July 30, 2020 - NASA's latest Mars rover Perseverance launched Thursday on an astrobiology mission to look for signs of ancient microbial life - and to fly a helicopter-drone on another world for the first time.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 29, 2020 - A new analytic model for calculating the effective thermal conductivity of planetary regolith allows scientists to better understand the connections between the physical and thermal properties of pl
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 29, 2020 - Aerojet Rocketdyne is playing a critical role in NASA's latest mission to the red planet. NASA's Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance Rover is slated to launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) A
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 29, 2020 - NASA overcame workplace difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic to achieve Thursday's Mars rover launch attempt, NASA deputy administrator Jim Morhard said Wednesday.
London, UK (SPX) Jul 29, 2020 - Backed by the UK Space Agency, researchers at Imperial College London and the Natural History Museum will help the NASA Perseverance rover select Martian rock and soil samples to be brought back fro
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 29, 2020 - NASA is preparing to send the first woman and next man to the Moon, part of a larger strategy to send the first astronauts to the surface of Mars. But before they get there, they'll be faced with a
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 29, 2020 - During the last two decades, Mars has captured the imagination of the public and attention of NASA decision makers, just as the moon excited the nation and served as the north star for the agency during the '60s and '70s.
Abu Dhabi UAE (SPX) Jul 29, 2020 - Although no life has been detected on the Martian surface, a new study from astrophysicist and research scientist at the Center for Space Science at NYU Abu Dhabi, Dimitra Atri finds that conditions
Beijing (XNA) Jul 28, 2020 - After landing on Mars, China's Tianwen-1 probe will detect the surface and internal structure of the red planet by using its onboard radar equipment. A ground-penetrating radar, a key probe in
Hong Kong (Xinhua) Jul 28, 2020 - China's first Mars probe Tianwen-1 was launched on Thursday with the Mars Landing Surveillance Camera (Mars Camera) developed by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). According to Poly
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 28, 2020 - The new Mars rover planned for launch Thursday from Florida will kicks off an effort that takes least 10 years to bring rock samples back to Earth.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 28, 2020 - When NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars next year, it will be equipped with some of the most precise maps of Mars ever created, courtesy of the USGS Astrogeology Science Center. Not only are th
Paris (ESA) Jul 28, 2020 - ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has spotted new gas signatures at Mars. These unlock new secrets about the martian atmosphere, and will enable a more accurate determination of whether there is metha
Woodland Hills CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2020 - Northrop Grumman Corporation will once again be the provider of an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to support an expedition to Mars when NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Perseverance Mars Rover laun
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 27, 2020 - After years of design tweaks and dozens of flight tests, engineers are confident the Ingenuity helicopter is ready to make history with the first flight by a powered aircraft on another planet.
