Tampa (AFP) May 11, 2018 - The US space agency said Friday it plans to launch the first-ever helicopter to Mars in 2020, a miniature, unmanned drone-like chopper that could boost our understanding of the Red Planet.
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 11, 2018 - NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars. The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency's Mars 2020 rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demon
Norman OK (SPX) May 08, 2018 - A University of Oklahoma astrophysics team explains why the growth of Mars was stunted by an orbital instability among the outer solar system's giant planets in a new study on the evolution of the y
Paris (AFP) May 5, 2018 - Philippe Lognonne has waited three decades to hear the heartbeat of Mars.
Vandenberg AFB CA (AFP) May 05, 2018 - NASA on Saturday blasted off its latest Mars lander, InSight, designed to perch on the surface and listen for Marsquakes ahead of eventual human missions to explore the Red Planet. Three, t
Vandenberg Air Force Base, United States (AFP) May 5, 2018 - NASA on Saturday launched its latest Mars lander, called InSight, designed to perch on the surface and listen for Marsquakes ahead of eventual human missions to explore the Red Planet.
Hampton VA (SPX) May 04, 2018 - Anticipation is building as preparations are well underway for the launch of NASA's next Mars mission, InSight. But before the roar of the rocket lifting off from Vandenberg Air Force Base has subsi
Washington DC (UPI) May 04, 2018 - As NASA's Insight probe begins its trip to Mars on Saturday, the spacecraft is tasked with studying Mars' insides. But the probe's observations could offer insights into the formation and evolution of all rocky planets, including Earth.
Boulder CO (SPX) May 03, 2018 - Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered microbes living in a toxic volcanic lake that may rank as one of the harshest environments on Earth. Their findings, published recen
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 03, 2018 - The climate of early Mars is a subject of debate. While it has been thought that Mars had a warm and wet climate, like Earth, other researchers suggested early Mars might have been largely glaciated
Tampa (AFP) May 3, 2018 - NASA is poised to launch its first lander to Mars since 2012, an unmanned spacecraft called InSight that aims to listen for quakes and unravel the mystery of how rocky planets like Earth form.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 30, 2018 - A post-test inspection of the composite structure for a heat shield to be used on the Mars 2020 mission revealed that a fracture occurred during structural testing. The mission team is working to bu
Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 27, 2018 - The Mars camera CaSSIS on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has returned its first colour images of the red planet. The camera system, which was developed at the University of Bern, is now ready for the
Paris (ESA) Apr 27, 2018 - ESA and NASA signed a statement of intent today to explore concepts for missions to bring samples of martian soil to Earth. Spacecraft in orbit and on Mars's surface have made many exciting di
Cincinnati OH (SPX) Apr 26, 2018 - A University of Cincinnati geology student is helping NASA determine whether life existed on other planets. Doctoral candidate Andrew Gangidine is working with UC geology professor Andrew Czaj
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 25, 2018 - Opportunity is continuing the exploration of Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater, pursuing several scientific hypotheses as to the origin of the valley. The rover is posi
