Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 08, 2016 - A group of six space exploration enthusiasts plan to spend two weeks in isolation in a Mars simulation dome mimicking life on the Red Planet. The mission, known as the Poland Mars Analogue Simulatio
Paris (AFP) Nov 7, 2016 - The European Space Agency (ESA) needs several hundred millions of euros for its troubled ExoMars exploration of the Red Planet, director general Jan Woerner said Monday.
Paris (ESA) Nov 04, 2016 - Sets of ridges and troughs some 1000 km north of the giant Olympus Mons volcano contain a record of the intense tectonic stresses and strains experienced in the Acheron Fossae region on Mars 3.7-3.9
Baton Rouge, LA (SPX) Nov 04, 2016 - Researcher Don Hood from LSU and colleagues from collaborating universities studied an unusual region on Mars - an area with high elevation called Thaumasia Planum. They analyzed the geography and m
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 03, 2016 - Laser-zapping of a globular, golf-ball-size object on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover confirms that it is an iron-nickel meteorite fallen from the Red Planet's sky. Iron-nickel meteorites are a
Albuquerque (UPI) Nov 3, 2016 - The Mars rover Curiosity has confirmed the identity of a small metallic globule, spotted last week by scientists in images captured by the rover's Mastcam. New chemical analysis suggests it is an iron-nickel meteorite.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 02, 2016 - A sensing technique that the U.S. military currently uses to remotely monitor the air to detect potentially life-threatening chemicals, toxins, and pathogens has inspired a new instrument that could
Washington DC (VOA) Nov 02, 2016 - Mars how to get there and maybe even live there has been in the news a lot lately. Governments and private industry around the world are discussing ways to get people to the so-called Red Planet.
Paris (ESA) Oct 28, 2016 - A high-resolution image taken by a NASA Mars orbiter this week reveals further details of the area where the ExoMars Schiaparelli module ended up following its descent on 19 October. The lates
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Oct 26, 2016 - Hopes of another successful landing on Mars were dashed last week when the Schiaparelli probe went missing in action during its descent onto the Red Planet. Pictures released over the weekend
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 21, 2016 - Ten thousand volunteers viewing images of Martian south polar regions have helped identify targets for closer inspection, yielding new insights about seasonal slabs of frozen carbon dioxide and eros
Paris (AFP) Oct 21, 2016 - A tiny lander despatched to Mars on a trial run had crashed and possibly exploded on the Red Planet, mission control said Friday, confirming Europe's second failed attempt to reach the alien surface.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 21, 2016 - After investigating the upper atmosphere of the Red Planet for a full Martian year, NASA's MAVEN mission has determined that the escaping water does not always go gently into space. Sophisticated me
New Rochelle NY (SPX) Oct 21, 2016 - The existence of microbial life on Mars remains highly controversial, but recent evidence of water, complex organic molecules, and methane in the Martian environment, combined with findings from the
Paris (AFP) Oct 20, 2016 - Europe's second attempt at reaching the Mars surface appeared in peril Thursday as initial analysis suggested a lander dubbed Schiaparelli, a test-run for a future rover, may have plummeted to its demise.
Paris (AFP) Oct 20, 2016 - Europe's second attempt to reach Mars' surface appeared in peril Thursday as initial analysis suggested the latest lander may have plummeted to its demise.
