Washington DC (SPX) Nov 06, 2015 - This issue of Science features four studies highlighting results from the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, designed to study Mars' upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosph
Paris (ESA) Nov 06, 2015 - ESA's Mars Express has shed new light on the Red Planet's rare ultraviolet aurora by combining for the first time remote observations with in situ measurements of electrons hitting the atmosphere. O
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 05, 2015 - NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet e
Boulder, CO (SPX) Nov 02, 2015 - While Mars doesn't have much in the way of Earth-like weather, it does evidently share one kind of weird meteorology: acid fog. Planetary scientist Shoshanna Cole has pieced together a compell
Washington DC (Sputnik) Oct 30, 2015 - President Barack Obama remains committed to a 2030 manned mission to Mars, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Charles Bolden, Jr. stated on Wednesday. Bolden no
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 30, 2015 - Tables stored in flash memory aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) tell locations of Earth and the sun for the past 10 years, but not their locations next year. That needs to be changed.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 28, 2015 - Though the Martian terrain echoes some features of our own planet, the atmosphere is quite different: thin, cold, dusty and often stormy. Observing these conditions and adapting our technologies to
Paris (ESA) Oct 22, 2015 - Oxia Planum has been recommended as the primary candidate for the landing site of the ExoMars 2018 mission. ExoMars 2018, comprising a rover and surface platform, is the second of two missions makin
Pullman WA (SPX) Oct 21, 2015 - Scientists at Washington State University and the University of Idaho are helping students figure out how to farm on Mars, much like astronaut Mark Watney, played by Matt Damon, attempts in the crit
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2015 - Mars has been a focus of astrobiology and exobiology research since the early days of NASA. Even before the invention of the telescope, Mars captured the imagination of scientists and philosophers w
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2015 - Opportunity is within 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater completing a valley floor survey for clay minerals before moving to the winter location on the south side of the valley.
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 15, 2015 - Launching humans to Mars may not require a full tank of gas: A new MIT study suggests that a Martian mission may lighten its launch load considerably by refueling on the moon. Previous studies
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 15, 2015 - As the new movie The Martian demonstrates, there's an amazing list of technologies required to safely send human beings to the Red Planet and bring them home again. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Ce
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 15, 2015 - Opportunity is within 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater conducting a valley floor survey for clay minerals before moving to the winter location on the south side of the valley.
University Park PA (SPX) Oct 14, 2015 - The extensive valley networks on the surface of Mars were probably created by running water billions of years ago, but the source of that water is unknown. Now, a team of Penn State and NASA researc
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Oct 14, 2015 - The extensive valley networks on the surface of Mars were probably created by running water billions of years ago, but the source of that water is unknown. Now, a team of Penn State and NASA researc
