
Intensive training for Mars voyage
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.
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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.
Mar 10, 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.
Mar 9, 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.
Mar 8, 2016

The six crew members of the fourth Hawai?i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, or HI-SEAS, have spent more than six months of their 12-month mission in a solar-powered dome on the slopes of Mauna Loa.
Mar 4, 2016

The surface of the planet Mars tilted by 20 to 25 degrees 3 to 3.5 billion years ago.
Mar 4, 2016

A volcano on Mars half the size of France spewed so much lava 3.5 billion years ago that the weight displaced the Red Planet's outer layers, according to a study released Wednesday.
Mar 2, 2016

Space Systems Loral (SSL), a leading provider of commercial satellites, has announced it will design and build a robotic Sample Handling Assembly (SHA) for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) through MDA US Systems, a division of MDA, managed by SSL.
Mar 2, 2016

Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater.
Mar 1, 2016

NASA scientists are closer to solving the mystery of how Mars' moon Phobos formed.
Mar 1, 2016

You can explore the landing site of NASA's Pathfinder mission with your mouse or mobile device.
Feb 29, 2016

NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is working adeptly in some of the most challenging terrain of the vehicle's 12 years on Mars, on a slope of about 30 degrees.
Feb 26, 2016

The Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli are now in their launch configuration. The ExoMars 2016 spacecraft will remain united until 16 October, when the entry…
Feb 22, 2016

Water has left its mark in a variety of ways in this martian scene captured by ESA's Mars Express.
Feb 22, 2016

This image, acquired on Nov. 24, 2015 by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the western side of an elongated pit depression in the eastern Noctis Labyrinthus region of Mars.
Feb 22, 2016

That's the question scientists will be asking in Lima next month, when a selection of tubers will begin undergoing tests to determine whether they're fit to grow on Mars.
Feb 19, 2016

Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater.
Feb 19, 2016