The Hague (AFP) Nov 15, 2016 - Dutch company Mars One, which aims to send people to the Red Planet within a decade, on Tuesday unveiled its first concept for a space suit to protect humans under the most difficult conditions.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 14, 2016 - Opportunity has moved on from 'Spirit Mound' on the rim of Endeavour Crater. After several sols of collecting both Navigation Camera (Navcam) and Panoramic Camera (Pancam) panoramas around Spi
Stirling UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2016 - The lack of liquid water on the surface of Mars today has been demonstrated by new evidence in the form of meteorites on the Red Planet examined by an international team of planetary scientists.
Austin TX (SPX) Nov 11, 2016 - A strangely shaped depression on Mars could be a new place to look for signs of life on the Red Planet, according to a University of Texas at Austin-led study. The depression was probably formed by
Leicester, UK (SPX) Nov 11, 2016 - Scientists in Leicester have moved one step closer to understanding exactly what happened to the ill-fated Mars Lander Beagle 2, thanks to an innovative research technique. The probe was discovered
Paris (ESA) Nov 09, 2016 - Scattered pockets of magnetism across the surface of Mars have a significant influence on the planet's upper atmosphere, according to observations from ESA's Mars Express. Understanding these effect
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 09, 2016 - Single-celled microbes are considered a living example of the kind of life that might exist elsewhere in the Universe, as they are able to survive some of the extreme conditions that exist on other
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 (ESA) Nov 08, 2016 - New high-resolution images taken by a NASA orbiter show parts of the ExoMars Schiaparelli module and its landing site in colour on the Red Planet. Schiaparelli arrived in the Meridiani Planum
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 08, 2016 - Opportunity is located at the feature called 'Spirit Mound' on the rim of Endeavour Crater, the first science waypoint of the 10th extended mission. The rover is completing the in-situ (contac
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
