Paris (ESA) Mar 16, 2016 - The first of two joint ESA-Roscosmos missions to Mars has begun a seven-month journey to the Red Planet, where it will address unsolved mysteries of the planet's atmosphere that could indicate prese
London, UK (The Conversation) Mar 16, 2016 - It (could be) life Jim, but (perhaps) not as we know it. This is not just a sci-fi catchphrase, but also something some planetary scientists have uttered in response to the discovery of methane in
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 15, 2016 - NASA has selected 28 researchers as participating scientists for the Curiosity Mars rover mission, including six newcomers to the rover's science team. The six new additions work in Alabama, Colorad
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 15, 2016 - Just weeks before the historic encounter of comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) with Mars in October 2014, NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft entered orbit around the Red P
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 15, 2016 - Two NASA radios aboard the European Space Agency's Mars mission are engineered to provide communication relay service for rovers and landers on Mars. ESA's ExoMars 2016 mission, combining the Trace
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Mar 15, 2016 - Airbus Defence and Space, the world number two in space technologies, has designed and built the two heat shields which will enable the Schiaparelli capsule of the ExoMars 2016 mission to withstand
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 15, 2016 - Opportunity is exploring steep outcrops within Marathon Valley on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover is up on the very steep slopes of 'Knudsen Ridge'. The objective is to examine specific
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) March 14, 2016 - Two robotic spacecraft on Monday began a seven-month journey to Mars as part of a European-Russian unmanned space mission to sniff out leads to life on the Red Planet.
Paris (AFP) March 12, 2016 - Europe and Russia are set to launch an unmanned spacecraft Monday to smell Mars' atmosphere for gassy evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet, or may do so still.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 10, 2016 - NASA has announced the winners of two challenges to create new concepts for construction and human habitation on future space exploration missions, including the agency's journey to Mars. The
Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 10, 2016 - Despite the current tensions between Europe and Russia, its business as usual for Roscosmos and ESA on their joint Martian endeavor. Despite the current troubled political situation, Russia's Roscos
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 10, 2016 - True to its purpose, the big NASA spacecraft that began orbiting Mars a decade ago this week has delivered huge advances in knowledge about the Red Planet. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) h
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 10, 2016 - NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to study the deep interior of Mars is targeting a new launch window that begins May 5, 2018, wi
Paris (ESA) Mar 10, 2016 - With just days to go before the departure of ExoMars, mission teams are in the final stages of their months-long training that ensures everyone knows their job the moment the mission comes alive. Th
Washington (AFP) March 9, 2016 - The launch of a robot that will delve deep beneath the surface of Mars has been rescheduled for May 5, 2018, US space agency NASA said Wednesday.
Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 08, 2016 - Roscosmos state corporation said that assembly of Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket has been concluded ahead of a joint Russian-European launch of a Mars orbiter next week. The assembly of Russ
