Washington DC (SPX) Oct 19, 2017 - Plasma technology could hold the key to creating a sustainable oxygen supply on Mars, a new study has found. It suggests that Mars, with its 96 per cent carbon dioxide atmosphere, has nearly i
Providence RI (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 - For scientists trying to understand what ancient Mars might have been like, the red planet sends some mixed signals. Water-carved valleys and lakebeds leave little doubt that water once flowed on th
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 18, 2017 - Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The cold, low-light winter conditions continue to constrain activity, although wi
Paris (ESA) Oct 18, 2017 - An unprecedented catalogue of more than 21 000 images taken by a webcam on ESA's Mars Express is proving its worth as a science instrument, providing a global survey of unusual high-altitude cloud f
Kent UK (SPX) Oct 16, 2017 - Six people recently returned from an eight-month long isolation experiment to test human endurance for long-term space missions. Their journey to Mars involved being isolated below the summit of t
Leeds, UK (SPX) Oct 16, 2017 - Researchers investigating whether liquid water could exist on Mars have provided new insight into the limits of life on the red planet. A team led by Dr Lorna Dougan from the University of Leeds has
University of Vienna - Vienna, Austria (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 At the Department of Biophysical Chemistry at the University of Vienna, Tetyana Milojevic and her team have been operating a miniaturized Mars farm in order to
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 16, 2017 - Current robotic missions to Mars that have not been appropriately cleaned and sterilized must steer clear of designated Special Regions to avoid introducing Earth-borne biological and organic contam
Washington (UPI) Oct 13, 2017 - Mars is too cold to host flowing liquid water, but with the right mix of compounds, a water solution could be hiding on and below Mars' surface.
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 10, 2017 - According to the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Space Research Institute, the launch of the ExoMars-2020 mission, which will send a European rover to the red planet, is scheduled for July
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 10, 2017 - Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour crater. The cold, low-light winter conditions continue to limit activity. Sols 4866 and 486
Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 - NASA's longest-lived mission to Mars has gained its first look at the Martian moon Phobos, pursuing a deeper understanding by examining it in infrared wavelengths. The Thermal Emission Imaging
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 09, 2017 - The discovery of evidence for ancient sea-floor hydrothermal deposits on Mars identifies an area on the planet that may offer clues about the origin of life on Earth. A recent international re
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2017 - NASA's longest-lived mission to Mars has gained its first look at the Martian moon Phobos, pursuing a deeper understanding by examining it in infrared wavelengths. The Thermal Emission Imaging Syste
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 05, 2017 - When it lands on Mars in November of 2018, NASA's InSight lander will be carrying several science instruments - along with hundreds of thousands of names from members of the public. In 2015, n
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 - This week at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia, Lockheed Martin engineers are revealing new details of its Mars Base Camp concept including how it aligns with NAS
