Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 28, 2016 - Ever since it was announced that there may be evidence of liquid water on present-day Mars, NASA scientists have wondered how best to further investigate these long, seasonally changing dark streaks
Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2016 - Analysis of rocks and sand by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity suggests Mars was once much more like Earth than previously thought.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 24, 2016 - A key piece of hardware for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, completed a five-hour journey by barge June 19 along the Tennessee River in North Alabama. Fishermen may have caught a glimpse
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 24, 2016 - Scientists have discovered an unexpected mineral in a rock sample at Gale Crater on Mars, a finding that may alter our understanding of how the planet evolved. NASA's Mars Science Laboratory r
The Hague (AFP) June 23, 2016 - Dutch scientists said Thursday crops of four vegetables and cereals grown on soil similar to that on Mars have been found safe to eat, amid plans for the first manned mission to the planet.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 21, 2016 - Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater, investigating outcrops for evidence of clay minerals. The rover is close to completing its investigations within Mara
Bern, Germany (SPX) Jun 19, 2016 - The Mars Camera CaSSIS on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured its first images of the Red Planet this week. The pictures are a part of the mission's preparations for arriving at its destination i
Paris (ESA) Jun 17, 2016 - ESA's first Mars orbiter will provide an important helping hand when the second arrives at the Red Planet in October. Following lift off in March, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the Schiapa
Washington DC (Sputnik) Jun 17, 2016 - The United States has announced it will be forging a deal with its long term allies the United Arab Emirates, specifically concerning aeronautics research and space exploration. This collabora
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 17, 2016 - Marathon Valley, slicing through a large crater's rim on Mars, has provided fruitful research targets for NASA's Opportunity rover since July 2015, but the rover may soon move on. Opportunity rece
Paris (AFP) June 16, 2016 - The second part of a delayed joint European-Russian mission to probe Mars for traces of life has received a crucial 77 million euros ($86 million) cash injection, the European Space Agency said Thursday.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 15, 2016 - NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has analyzed its 12th drilled sample of Mars. This sample came from mudstone bedrock, which the rover resumed climbing in late May after six months studying other feature
Washington (AFP) June 12, 2016 - SpaceX chief Elon Musk shed light Saturday on his new plan to send an unmanned spaceship to Mars as early as 2018, as part of his quest to some day colonize the Red Planet.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 10, 2016 - After decades of research to discern seasonal patterns in Martian dust storms from images showing the dust, but the clearest pattern appears to be captured by measuring the temperature of the Red Pl
London, UK (SPX) Jun 10, 2016 - Future Martian explorers might not need to leave the Earth to prepare themselves for life on the Red Planet. The Mars Society have built an analogue research site in Utah, USA, which simulates the c
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 07, 2016 - Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater, investigating outcrops for evidence of clay minerals. The rover is continuing to examine a previously trenched (scuffed) su
