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
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 05, 2019 - When NASA's Curiosity Mars rover landed in 2012, it brought along eclipse glasses. The solar filters on its Mast Camera (Mastcam) allow it to stare directly at the Sun. Over the past few weeks, Curi
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 05, 2019 - According to NASA, scientists are in agreement that there is no life on Mars. However, they continue to assess whether Mars ever had an environment capable of supporting microbial life. Now, r
Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 05, 2019 - Martian methane releases are rare, episodic, and often debated, but scientists have discovered evidence of a methane emission in June 2013, which constitutes the first confirmation of a methane rele
Washington (AFP) April 2, 2019 - NASA has made it clear they want astronauts back on the Moon in 2024, and now, they are zeroing in on the Red Planet - the US space agency confirmed that it wants humans to reach Mars by 2033.
Paris (ESA) Apr 01, 2019 - A reanalysis of data collected by ESA's Mars Express during the first 20 months of NASA's Curiosity mission found one case of correlated methane detection, the first time an in-situ measurement has
Paris (AFP) April 1, 2019 - The mystery of methane on Mars may finally be solved as scientists Monday confirmed the presence of the life-indicating gas on the Red Planet as well as where it might have come from.
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 01, 2019 - Earth is a very special planet. It is the only celestial body in the solar system on which we know life exists. Could there be life on other planets or moons? Mars is always the first to be mentione
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 30, 2019 - Since the Wright brothers first took to the skies of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, Dec. 17, 1903, first flights have been important milestones in the life of any vehicle designed for air travel.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2019 - In mid-2018, researchers supported by the Italian Space Agency detected the presence of a deep-water lake on Mars under its south polar ice caps. Now, researchers at the USC Arid Climate and Water R
Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 28, 2019 - Long ago on Mars, water carved deep riverbeds into the planet's surface - but we still don't know what kind of weather fed them. Scientists aren't sure, because their understanding of the Martian cl
Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2019 - Mars may still host active groundwater deep beneath its surface, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Southern California.
Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2019 - An exciting new competition is giving citizens of planet Earth the opportunity to get their voices to Mars in the next phase of the ExoMars programme. The ExoMars rover and platform will launch to t
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 26, 2019 - A new study reveals asteroid impacts on ancient Mars could have produced key ingredients for life if the Martian atmosphere was rich in hydrogen. An early hydrogen-rich atmosphere on Mars could also
Mountain View CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2019 - The Mars Institute and the SETI Institute are announcing a new partnership between Google and the NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) to advance Mars exploration at one of the most otherworldly places
Paris (ESA) Mar 22, 2019 - The platform destined to land on the Red Planet as part of the next ExoMars mission has arrived in Europe for final assembly and testing - and been given a name. An announcement was made by th
