Albuquerque NM (SPX) May 12, 2020 - The rims of large impact craters on Mars are even more unusual than we thought. In recent research published in the prestigious scientific journal Geology,* lead author Larry Crumpler, planetary g
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 08, 2020 - Engineers working on NASA's Perseverance rover mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have begun the process of placing the Mars-bound rover and other spacecraft components into the configur
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 08, 2020 - Testing on NASA's Mars Perseverance rover at Kennedy Space Center closed out April on an extremely high note. The latest activities at the Florida spaceport included attaching the aeroshell ba
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 08, 2020 - Engineers working on NASA's Perseverance rover mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have begun the process of placing the Mars-bound rover and other spacecraft components into the configur
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 07, 2020 - Billions of years ago, the Martian surface could have supported microbial life as we know it. But did such life ever actually exist there? NASA and its Mars 2020 mission hope to find out with the Pe
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) May 04, 2020 - Mars had a global magnetic field much earlier - and much later - in the planet's history than scientists have previously known. A planet's global magnetic field arises from what scientists cal
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 04, 2020 - When it launches this summer, NASA's Perseverance rover will have the most advanced pair of eyes ever sent to the Red Planet's surface: Its Mastcam-Z instrument packs a next-gen zoom capability th
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 - A research team including research scientist Atsuko Kobayashi from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan and research scientist Mizuho Koike from the Instit
Abu Dhabi UAE (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 - The UAE Space Agency and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center announced the safe transfer of the Mars Hope spacecraft to its launch site at Tanegashima Space Centre. The transfer was conducted in an
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 30, 2020 - Destined to become the first aircraft to attempt powered flight on another planet, NASA's Mars Helicopter officially has received a new name: Ingenuity. Vaneeza Rupani, a junior at Tuscaloosa
Stanford CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2020 - New research indicates river delta deposits within Mars' Jezero crater - the destination of NASA' Perseverance rover on the Red Planet - formed over time scales that promoted habitability and enhanc
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Apr 22, 2020 - This summer, NASA plans to launch its next Mars rover, Perseverance, which will carry with it the first aircraft to ever fly on another planet, the Mars Helicopter. As the first of its kind, the Mar
Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 21, 2020 - Ancient Mars may have featured surface hot springs, according to research by PSI's Dorothy Oehler. Using new data from a Digital Terrain Model (derived from HiRISE images acquired with NASA's Mars R
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 21, 2020 - With 13 weeks to go before the launch period of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover opens, final preparations of the spacecraft continue at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On April 8, the assem
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 15, 2020 - For people who are able to work remotely during this time of social distancing, video conferences and emails have helped bridge the gap. The same holds true for the team behind NASA's Curiosity Mars
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 10, 2020 - With the launch period of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover opening in 14 weeks, final preparations of the spacecraft continue at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the past week, the assembl
