Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 03, 2017 - An unexpectedly strong blast from the Sun hit Mars this month, observed by NASA missions in orbit and on the surface. NASA's distributed set of science missions is in the right place to detect acti
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
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 03, 2017 - Scientists taking a new look at older data from NASA's longest-operating Mars orbiter have discovered evidence of significant hydration near the Martian equator - a mysterious signature in a region
Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 - Futurist and inventor Elon Musk unveiled ambitious plans Friday to send cargo ships to Mars in five years and use rockets to carry people between Earth's major cities in under half-an-hour.
Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 - A reusable, water-powered Mars lander that will allow humans to explore the Red Planet from an orbiting 'base camp' as early as the 2030s was unveiled Friday by US defence giant Lockheed Martin.
Bristol UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 - Analysing a mixture of earth samples and meteorites, scientists from the University of Bristol have shed new light on the sequence of events that led to the creation of the planets Earth and Mars.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 - Three-dimensional (3-D) subsurface radar volumes generated from thousands of 2-D radar profiles are revealing new information about the polar regions of Mars, including more accurate mapping of CO2
Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 - As the NASA Curiosity rover roams the surface of Mars, its ChemCam captures the chemical makeup of its surroundings with a specially designed laser system. It is the most powerful laser to operate o
Lawrence KS (SPX) Sep 22, 2017 - The search for biology on neighbor planet Mars won't play out like a Hollywood movie starring little green men. Rather, many scientists agree if there was life on the Red Planet, it probably will pr
Riga Latvia (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 - Swirling columns of sand and dust, known as dust devils, are a feature of desert areas on Mars and on Earth. Now, a study of terrestrial dust devils has shown that around two thirds of the fine part
Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 - River deposits exist across the surface of Mars and record a surface environment from over 3.5 billion years ago that was able to support liquid water at the surface. A region of Mars named Aeolis D
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 21, 2017 - Opportunity is continuing the winter exploration of Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. Winter is constraining the available energy, so the project has to rover hop (dri
Hampton VA (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 - NASA heat shield material that could one day be used on an inflatable aeroshell during atmospheric entry on Mars recently underwent testing at Boeing's Large Core Arc Tunnel in St. Louis, Missouri.
Miami (AFP) Sept 19, 2017 - Six people have emerged from an isolated dome in Hawaii where they spent the past eight months on a mock Mars mission, living in close quarters, eating dried foods and trying to get along.
Sydney, Australia (The Conversation) Sep 19, 2017 - As humans spread out across the Earth, the locations of new colonies were driven by the accessibility of resources: not only food and water, but also arable land, forests and minerals. Access
Paris (ESA) Sep 19, 2017 - An impactor smashing into an ice-rich surface gave rise to the complex flow features around this ancient crater on Mars. Impacts of comets and asteroids have shaped the surfaces of rocky planets and
