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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017 - Frequent belches of methane could explain how a younger Mars maintained liquid water on its surface despite a cold, arid climate.
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
