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.
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.
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
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
Mountain View CA (SPX) Oct 12, 2015 - I thought I was going to share my thoughts with you on the new study that was just published by Science. I was busy typing. I hope you will enjoy this commentary, and better, that it will bring you
Mumbai, India (IANS) Oct 12, 2015 - NASA scientist Amitabh Ghosh said on Friday that though the discovery of liquid water on Mars opens up immense possibilities, colonization of the red planet is still a distant possibility. Am
Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2015 - The engineers, scientists and astronauts at NASA are working on an endless list of fascinating experiments, projects and missions. But one target looms above all: putting a human on Mars.
Tempe, AZ (SPX) Oct 09, 2015 - Images of Mars taken by a visual and infrared camera designed at Arizona State University take a star turn in the new hit movie The Martian. Last November, the film production company for The Mar
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 09, 2015 - A new study from the team behind NASA's Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity has confirmed that Mars was once, billions of years ago, capable of storing water in lakes over an extended period of time.
Miami (AFP) Oct 9, 2015 - NASA on Thursday outlined the many challenges that remain before humans can set foot on Mars, calling the problems solvable but setting no firm date for an astronaut mission to the Red Planet.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 09, 2015 - Living off the land is different when the land is 140 million miles away, so NASA is looking for innovative ideas to use in situ (in place) Martian resources to help establish a human presence on th
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2015 - We have heard the Mars exploration mantra for more than a decade: follow the water. In a new paper published October 9, 2015, in the journal Science, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team presents
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 08, 2015 - A prestigious geology award will be presented in early November to a leader in selecting landing sites on Mars: Matt Golombek of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The Geologi
