Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 28, 2016 - True to its purpose, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, or MRO, the spacecraft that began orbiting Mars a decade ago, has delivered huge advances in knowledge about the Red Planet. According
Paris (ESA) Mar 28, 2016 - Nestled within the fractured rim of a vast impact basin on Mars are valley floors dusted in frost. At 2200 km wide and up to 9 km deep, the Hellas Basin is the largest impact crater on Mars. This s
Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2016 - Though still 20-plus years in the offing, NASA officials say their first manned mission to Mars would aim to create a permanent operations base that could be revisited.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 24, 2016 - Opportunity is exploring within 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover is up on the slopes of 'Knudsen Ridge.' The primary objective is to examine specific outcrop types for evi
Paris (ESA) Mar 24, 2016 - Following a spectacular liftoff, ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is performing flawlessly en route to the Red Planet. The ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the Schiaparelli entry, de
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 22, 2016 - A new map of Mars' gravity made with three NASA spacecraft is the most detailed to date, providing a revealing glimpse into the hidden interior of the Red Planet. Gravity maps allow us to see
Darmstadt, Germany (UPI) Mar 18, 2016 - The first half of the ExoMars mission began this week with the launch of the Trace Gas Orbiter from Kazakhstan.
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 - 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
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 - 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 - 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
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.
