Pasadena CA (JPL) May 27, 2019 - On a test flight in Death Valley, California, anAirbus helicopter carried an engineering model of the Lander Vision System (LVS) that will help guide NASA's next Mars mission to a safe touchdown on
Tucson AZ (SPX) May 24, 2019 - Wind has shaped the face of Mars for millennia, but its exact role in piling up sand dunes, carving out rocky escarpments or filling impact craters has eluded scientists until now. In the most
Austin TX (SPX) May 23, 2019 - Newly discovered layers of ice buried a mile beneath Mars' north pole are the remnants of ancient polar ice sheets and could be one of the largest water reservoirs on the planet, according to scient
Providence RI (SPX) May 23, 2019 - Ashfall from ancient volcanic explosions is the likely source of a strange mineral deposit near the landing site for NASA's next Mars rover, a new study finds. The research, published in the journal
Moscow (Sputnik) May 23, 2019 - In recent years, humanity's most brilliant minds have been working to send the first human to the Red Planet. According to physicist Brian Cox, Mars might be the only space travel option for people,
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 22, 2019 - NASA is a step closer to eventually discovering what lies up to 32 feet or 10 meters beneath the surfaces of Mars, the Moon or any airless body in the solar system - a region roughly the length of a
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 22, 2019 - Although it will be years before the first humans set foot on Mars, NASA is giving the public an opportunity to send their names - stenciled on chips - to the Red Planet with NASA's Mars 2020 rover,
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 21, 2019 - An engineer inspects the completed spacecraft that will carry NASA's next Mars rover to the Red Planet, prior to a test in the Space Simulator Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasaden
Washington DC (SPX) May 21, 2019 - In 2020, NASA and European-Russian missions will look for evidence of past life on Mars. But while volcanic, igneous rock predominates on the Red Planet, virtually the entire Earth fossil record com
Lanzhou (XNA) May 21, 2019 - Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, as an Elton John hit goes. However, a Mars simulation base in the middle of China's Gobi desert might be the perfect place to introduce young
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 21, 2019 - Ever wanted to visit Mars? A new animated video shows what it would be like to soar over Mount Sharp, which NASA's Curiosity rover has been climbing since 2014. This video highlights several r
Washington (AFP) May 18, 2019 - On December 11, 2017, US President Donald Trump signed a directive ordering NASA to prepare to return astronauts to the Moon followed by human missions to Mars and other destinations.
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 16, 2019 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter hit a dizzying milestone this morning: It completed 60,000 loops around the Red Planet at 10:39 a.m. PDT (1:39 p.m. EDT). On average, MRO takes 112 minutes to circ
Moscow, Russia (SPX) May 15, 2019 - Russian and German physicists have offered an explanation for the new data obtained by Martian satellites, capturing the escape of hydrogen atoms from the upper Martian atmosphere into outer space
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 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
