Pasadena CA (JPL) May 10, 2019 - For the first time, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has caught the Martian moon Phobos during a full moon phase. Each color in this new image represents a temperature range detected by Odyssey's infrare
Gottingen, Germany (SPX) May 10, 2019 - Approximately every two Earth years, when it is summer in the southern hemisphere of Mars, a window opens: only there and only in this season can water vapor efficiently rise from the lower into the
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 07, 2019 - The same winds that blanket Mars with dust can also blow that dust away. Catastrophic dust storms have the potential to end a mission, as with NASA's Opportunity rover. But far more often, passing w
Denver CO (SPX) May 05, 2019 - Protecting against the extremes of space travel is critical to the success of any mission. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has successfully completed the flight hardware structure of the heat shield, va
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 03, 2019 - Dust is not just a household nuisance; it's a planetary one, particularly on Mars. Before astronauts visit the Red Planet, we need to understand how the dust particles that often fill the atmosphere
Washington DC (Sputnik) Apr 26, 2019 - The European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia's Roscosmos should not consider postponing the launch of the ExoMars mission as its rescheduling will lead to the loss of support from European member coun
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2019 - NASA's Mars InSight lander has measured and recorded for the first time ever a likely marsquake. The faint seismic signal, detected by the lander's Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure
Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 - NASA has named a University of Colorado Boulder team a finalist in a competition to design a greenhouse for use on Mars. The annual NASA BIG Idea Challenge is set for April 23-24 in Hampton, V
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 19, 2019 - For the past few months, the clean room floor in High Bay 1 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has been covered in parts, components and test equipment for the Mars 2020 sp
Jinchang, China (AFP) April 17, 2019 - In the middle of China's Gobi desert sits a Mars base simulator, but instead of housing astronauts training to live on the Red Planet, the facility is full of teenagers on a school trip.
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Apr 12, 2019 - A blue box, a cubic metre of Mars-like sand, a rock, a fully-functional model of the Mars 'Mole' and a seismometer - these are the main components with which the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Z
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 12, 2019 - Scientists working with NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have been excited to explore a region called the clay-bearing unit since before the spacecraft launched. Now, the rover has finally tasted its f
Paris (ESA) Apr 12, 2019 - New evidence of the impact of the recent planet-encompassing dust storm on water in the atmosphere, and a surprising lack of methane, are among the scientific highlights of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orb
London (ESA) Apr 10, 2019 - The 2016 ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is the first in a series of Mars missions to be undertaken jointly by the two space agencies, ESA and Roscosmos. A key goal of this mission is to gain a better und
Paris (ESA) Apr 09, 2019 - Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is one of humankind's major long-term health challenges. Now research into helping humans live on Mars could help address this looming problem. Dennis Claes
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 08, 2019 - NASA's MAVEN spacecraft achieved a tighter orbit around Mars to act as a telecommunications relay. The two-month campaign began February 11 and ended April 5. MAVEN's navigation team slowed th
