Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 19, 2016 - After more than a year of exploration, Opportunity has left 'Marathon Valley,' located on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover has begun the next extended mission (ahead of schedule) after e
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 19, 2016 - Lakes and snowmelt-fed streams on Mars formed much later than previously thought possible, according to new findings using data primarily from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The recently
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Sep 15, 2016 - Researchers at NASA have found evidence that water flowed on Mars much more recently than previously thought - perhaps millions of years more recently.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 12, 2016 - Opportunity has officially left Marathon Valley. On Sol 4482 (Sept. 1, 2016), we approached the 'Lewis and Clark Gap' and with the successful drive on Sol 4484 (Sept. 3, 2016) we passed throug
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 12, 2016 - The layered geologic past of Mars is revealed in stunning detail in new color images returned by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which is currently exploring the Murray Buttes region of lower Mount S
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 05, 2016 - NASA is moving forward with a spring 2018 launch of its InSight mission to study the deep interior of Mars, following final approval this week by the agency's Science Mission Directorate. The
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 05, 2016 - Opportunity is completing the exploration of 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover completed a Panoramic Camera (Pancam) mosaic of the grooves on Sol 4474 (Aug. 24, 2016)
Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2016 - Some of the mysterious grooves on the surface of Mars' moon Phobos are the result of debris ejected by impacts eventually falling back onto the surface to form linear chains of craters, according to
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 29, 2016 - NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Centennial, Colorado, to provide launch services for a mission that will address high-priority science goals for the agency's Journey to Mars. M
Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 29, 2016 - Monotony was the hardest part of a yearlong NASA experiment about the mental and psychological rigors of longterm spaceflight, crew members said after the test ended.
Hilo, Hawaii (UPI) Aug 28, 2016 - One year after living in isolation to simulate a mock mission to Mars, the six crew members emerged Sunday from their 1,200-square-foot solar-powered dome.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 25, 2016 - Seasonal dark streaks on Mars that have become one of the hottest topics in interplanetary research don't hold much water, according to the latest findings from a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars. The
London UK (SPX) Aug 25, 2016 - Extensive systems of fossilised riverbeds have been discovered on an ancient region of the Martian surface, supporting the idea that the now cold and dry Red Planet had a warm and wet climate about
Beijing (AFP) Aug 24, 2016 - China has unveiled illustrations of a Mars probe and rover it aims to send to the Red Planet at the end of the decade in a mission that faces unprecedented challenges, state media said Wednesday.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2016 - NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN Mission (MAVEN) orbiter will have a front-row seat to watch a marvelous dusty spectacle in late 2016. The spacecraft, nearing its second anniversary in
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 22, 2016 - Eroded mesas and buttes reminiscent of the U.S. Southwest shape part of the horizon in the latest 360-degree color panorama from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. The rover used its Mast Camera (Ma
