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.
Paris (AFP) May 5, 2018 - Philippe Lognonne has waited three decades to hear the heartbeat of Mars.
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.
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
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
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
Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 20, 2018 - As Curiosity rover marches across Mars, the red planet's watery past comes into clearer focus. In early 2017 scientists announced the discovery of possible desiccation cracks in Gale Crater, w
San Antonio TX (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 - Southwest Research Institute scientists posit a violent birth of the tiny Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, but on a much smaller scale than the giant impact thought to have resulted in the Earth-Moo
Colorado Springs (Sputnik) Apr 17, 2018 - The United States and Russia are on a path to jointly explore deep space and will most likely fly to Mars together, former NASA astronaut Ronald M. Sega told Sputnik. I think we are on a path
