Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 28, 2018 - This mosaic, taken by the Mars Curiosity rover, looks uphill at Mount Sharp. Spanning the center of the image is an area with clay-bearing rocks that scientists are eager to explore; it could shed a
New Rochelle, NY (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 - In Making Life Multi-Planetary Elon Musk, CEO and Lead Designer at SpaceX, presents the updated design for the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), the powerful rocket intended to propel a newly modified spac
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2018 - Today marks a milestone for Curiosity. Our trusty Martian rover has spent 2000 sols exploring Gale Crater helping to unravel the geologic history preserved in the rocks. We've observed a huge variet
Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2018 - Scientists in Germany are working hard to ensure NASA's next Mars mission, the Insight mission, gets the most accurate data possible.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2018 - NASA's Mars Curiosity rover just hit a new milestone: its two-thousandth Martian day, or sol, on the Red Planet. An image mosaic taken by the rover in January offers a preview of what comes next.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 20, 2018 - Opportunity is continuing the exploration of Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned about halfway down the approximately 656 feet (200 meter) valley
Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 - A new scenario seeking to explain how Mars' putative oceans came and went over the last 4 billion years implies that the oceans formed several hundred million years earlier and were not as deep as o
Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2018 - New research suggests oceans first formed on Mars earlier and were significantly shallower than previously predicted. The new findings also highlight the important role volcanic activity played in shaping the formation and evolution of Mars' oceans.
Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 - Asteroids and comets appear to be a much more important suppliers of organic molecules on Mars than expected. Until now, astronomers assumed that the organics on Mars mainly came from dust particles
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 14, 2018 - NASA's Mars 2020 mission has begun the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase of its development, on track for a July 2020 launch to Mars. The first planned ATLO activities will inv
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2018 - Opportunity is continuing the exploration of Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned about halfway down the approximately 656 feet (200 meter) valley
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 12, 2018 - NASA's InSight lander looks a bit like an oversized crane game: when it lands on Mars this November, its robotic arm will be used to grasp and move objects on another planet for the first time.
Travis AFB CA (AFNS) Mar 12, 2018 - Airmen from the 21st Airlift Squadron and the 860th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, California, loaded and transported the NASA InSight Spacecraft Feb. 28, 2018, from Lockhee
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2018 - This image was originally meant to track the movement of sand dunes near the North Pole of Mars, but what's on the ground in between the dunes is just as interesting! The ground has parallel d
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2018 - Opportunity is continuing the exploration of Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned about half way down the approximately 656 feet (200 meter) valle
Paris (ESA) Mar 02, 2018 - New images and video from ESA's Mars Express show Phobos and Deimos drifting in front of Saturn and background stars, revealing more about the positioning and surfaces of the Red Planet's mysterious
