Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 01, 2017 - Opportunity is exploring Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour crater as mission planners prepare to park the rover for a winter layover. Winter substainally constrains the energy
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 - Brigham Young University researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars' atmosphere - and that's just one of its myriad possible uses. For de
Washington (UPI) Aug 30, 2017 - Bowie wasn't lying about Ziggy's bandmates - there are spiders from Mars. Sort of.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 29, 2017 - Preparation of NASA's next spacecraft to Mars, InSight, has ramped up this summer, on course for launch next May from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California - the first interplanetary launc
Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 - Earlier this month, radio dishes from three deep-space networks combined to catch faint 'survival' whispers from one of ESA's Mars orbiters, underlining the value of international collaboration for
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 28, 2017 - Opportunity is located in Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover has been staying in place collecting extensive Panoramic Camera (Pancam) stereo panoramas.
Paris (ESA) Aug 23, 2017 - As the energetic particles of the solar wind speed across interplanetary space, their motion is modified by objects in their path. A study, based on data from ESA's Mars Express orbiter, has thrown
Paris (AFP) Aug 21, 2017 - Mars is buffeted by turbulent snowstorms that occur only at night, according to a study released Monday that revises our understanding of Red Planet weather.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 - NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which will look for signs of past life on Mars, will use smart methods originally developed to find the oldest life on Earth, according the mission's Deputy Project Scienti
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 - Opportunity is located in Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour crater and has resumed normal science activities post-conjunction. Taking advantage of the position through conjuncti
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 - Wispy, early-season clouds resembling Earth's ice-crystal cirrus clouds move across the Martian sky in some new image sequences from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. These clouds are the most clea
Paris (ESA) Aug 14, 2017 - An ancient mountain range on Mars preserves a complex volcanic and tectonic past imprinted with signs of water and ice interactions. The images, taken on 9 April by the high-resolution stereo
Xining, China (XNA) Aug 09, 2017 - China will establish the country's first Mars simulation base, in northwest China's Qinghai Province, the local government said Tuesday. The base will be in the red cliff region in Da Qaidam (
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 03, 2017 - NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago this week, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on Mars. On Aug. 5, 2012, the mission team at NASA
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 01, 2017 - Opportunity is in Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater and the mission is now in its solar conjunction communications blackout period. The position of Mars as viewed from Earth wi
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 31, 2017 - Steps forward in the search for life beyond Earth can be as simple as sending a balloon into the sky. In one of the most unique and extensive eclipse observation campaigns ever attempted, NASA is co
