Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2016 - The joint ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars 2016 mission is knocking on Martian door to answer important astrobiological questions. While the mission's Schiaparelli module will focus on testing landing technolo
Paris (AFP) Oct 14, 2016 - Thirteen years after its first, failed attempt to place a rover on Mars, Europe reaches a crucial stage Sunday in a fresh quest to scour the Red Planet for signs of life, this time with Russia.
Livermore CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2016 - Mars' largest moon, Phobos, has captured public imagination and been shrouded in mystery for decades. But numerical simulations recently conducted at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) ha
Livermore, Calif. (UPI) Oct 12, 2016 - Mars' largest moon, Phobos, is well known for its resemblance to the Death Star, the mobile space station and planet-destroying weapon from Star Wars. Now, scientists know how Phobos' unique appearance came to be.
Washington (AFP) Oct 11, 2016 - US President Barack Obama said Tuesday the nation is relying on private industry to find ways to make the giant leap to Mars, with human missions on the horizon by the 2030s.
Paris (ESA) Oct 10, 2016 - This week, the commands that will govern the Schiaparelli lander's descent and touchdown on Mars were uploaded to ESA's ExoMars spacecraft, enroute to the Red Planet. The Trace Gas Orbiter has been
Irvine, Calif. (UPI) Oct 10, 2016 - When scientists at the University of California, Irvine exposed rodents to doses of high-energy charged particles, the test subjects developed cognitive impairments and dementia - bad news for Mars-bound astronauts.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 10, 2016 - Opportunity is located at the terrain feature called 'Spirit Mount' on the rim of Endeavour Crater, the first science waypoint of the 10th extended mission. The rover has been positioned near
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 10, 2016 - NASA's Opportunity Mars rover will drive down a gully carved long ago by a fluid that might have been water, according to the latest plans for the 12-year-old mission. No Mars rover has done that be
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 07, 2016 - When you need tools or parts for something you're working on around the house, you head to the nearest hardware store. Space travelers don't have that luxury and may have to make their own tools and
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2016 - Global dust storms on Mars could soon become more predictable - which would be a boon for future astronauts there - if the next one follows a pattern suggested by those in the past. A published pred
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2016 - NASA tested new eyes for its next Mars rover mission on a rocket built by Masten Space Systems in Mojave, California, thanks in part to NASA's Flight Opportunities Program, or FOP. The agenc
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Oct 04, 2016 - As NASA continues preparing for the Journey to Mars, the technology now in development is expanding beyond the spacecraft and propulsion systems needed to get there. NASA scientists and engineers al
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 04, 2016 - After collecting drilled rock powder in arguably the most scenic landscape yet visited by a Mars rover, NASA's Curiosity mobile laboratory is driving toward uphill destinations as part of its two-ye
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 30, 2016 - NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence that chemistry in the surface material on Mars contributed dynamically to the makeup of its atmosphere over time. It's another clue that the history of the
Leicester, UK (SPX) Sep 30, 2016 - A PhD student from the University of Leicester is helping to shed light on life on Mars by exploring similar environments on Earth - including an underground salt mine in North Yorkshire. In 2020, t
