The Hague (AFP) June 6, 2016 - The 100 candidates on the shortlist to establish a human colony on the planet Mars are to undergo tests as part of a new phase of the selection process, the project organisers said Monday.
Los Angeles (UPI) Jun 3, 2016 - SpaceX Chief Elon Musk is predicting his company will be able to launch humans to Mars by 2024.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 01, 2016 - Earth is about to lap Mars and then Saturn in their race around the sun. The two planets have gathered together in the constellation Scorpius where they are shining brightly in the evening sky with
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 31, 2016 - Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater, inspecting specific outcrops for evidence of clay minerals. Previously, the rover used the left-front wheel to scuff
Paris (ESA) May 30, 2016 - A modest 'webcam' on Mars Express has proven useful for outreach, education and citizen-science. Now ESA have decided to adopt it as a professional science instrument. Mars Express was launched in 2
San Antonio TX (SPX) May 30, 2016 - Using radar data collected by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a Southwest Research Institute-led team found evidence of an ice age recorded in the polar deposits of Mars. Ice ages on Mars are dr
Washington (UPI) May 30, 2016 - Space-gazers will get a treat starting Monday night.
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 27, 2016 - Scientists using radar data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have found a record of the most recent Martian ice age recorded in the planet's north polar ice cap. The new results agree w
San Francisco CA (SPX) May 25, 2016 - Recently discovered evidence of carbonates beneath the surface of Mars points to a warmer and wetter environment in that planet's past. The presence of liquid water could have fostered the emergence
Paris (ESA) May 24, 2016 - Mysterious high-rise clouds seen appearing suddenly in the martian atmosphere on a handful of occasions may be linked to space weather, say Mars Express scientists. Amateur astronomers using telesco
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 23, 2016 - Pasadena CA (JPL) May 23, 2016 Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater, searching specific outcrops for evidence of clay minerals. The rover is currently con
Boston MA (SPX) May 20, 2016 - Look low in the southeast at nightfall, and an unusually bright, fire-yellow star will be staring back at you. It's the planet Mars, closer to Earth now than it has been since November 2005. Mars
Ithaca NY (SPX) May 20, 2016 - The geologic shape of what were once shorelines through Mars' northern plains convinces scientists that two large meteorites - hitting the planet millions of years apart - triggered a pair of mega-t
Baltimore MD (SPX) May 20, 2016 - Bright, frosty polar caps, and clouds above a vivid, rust-colored landscape reveal Mars as a dynamic seasonal planet in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope view taken on May 12, 2016, when Mars was 50
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 19, 2016 - Although the existence of liquid water on the Red Planet was confirmed by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) last year, the scientific community is gearing up for a more thorough analysis of t
Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) May 18, 2016 - The European Space Agency ESA has awarded Uppsala-based AAC Microtec the contract to develop an advanced miniaturized motion controller for future robotic exploration missions to Mars. The contract
