Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 16, 2015 - Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards Marathon Valley, a putative location for abundant clay minerals now less than 1,969 feet (600 meters) to the south. The Fla
London (AFP) Jan 16, 2015 - A British-built space probe that disappeared without trace more than a decade ago has been spotted on the surface of Mars, the UK Space Agency said on Friday.
London (AFP) Jan 16, 2015 - A British-built probe which vanished 11 years ago has been found on the surface of Mars, scientists said on Friday, solving an enduring mystery of space exploration.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 15, 2015 - A rock target where NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is using its sample-collection drill this week may have a salty story to tell. This target, called Mojave, displays copious slender features, slight
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) Jan 13, 2015 - Works on Russia-EU Mars research program ExoMars will be completed, and two missions will be launched in 2016 and 2018, Sergei Savelev, deputy head of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), s
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 11, 2015 - After completing two drives this week, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has paused to photograph the panoramic vista from the highest point the rover has reached during its 40 months of exp
Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2015 - On Thursday, the daily high temperature at Gale Crater - a depression in the northwestern portion of Mars' Aeolis quadrangle - climbed to negative 8 degrees Celsius (17.6 degrees Fahrenheit). It was like a sauna for the Mars rover Curiosity, which is used to temperatures that often dip below minus 100 degrees Celsius.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2015 - A careful study of images taken by the NASA rover Curiosity has revealed intriguing similarities between ancient sedimentary rocks on Mars and structures shaped by microbes on Earth. The findings su
Baton Rouge, LA (SPX) Jan 06, 2015 - A research team led by LSU Geology and Geophysics Assistant Professor Suniti Karunatillake reveals a spatial association between the presence of sulfur and hydrogen found in martian soil. The
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) Jan 06, 2015 - NASA is crafting a donut-shaped inflatable landing mechanism, which will become the key to sending a manned expedition to Mars, AP reports. Leaving a human footprint on Mars has been a cherished dre
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 06, 2015 - The new project scientist for Mars Rover Curiosity is Ashwin Vasavada of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. Vasavada had been deputy project scientist for NASA's Mars Science La
New Delhi (IANS) Jan 05, 2015 - India's Mars Orbiter (Mangalyaan) completed 100 days of its Martian orbit on the New Year's Day 2015 Thursday, space agency officials said. The Mars Orbiter was inserted in Martian orbit September
Moscow (AFP) Jan 02, 2015 - Boris Morukov, a Russian cosmonaut and doctor who led an extraordinary experiment in which volunteers simulated a flight to Mars while never leaving a Moscow car park, has died at 64, his scientific institute said Friday.
Washington (UPI) Dec 31, 2014 - Researchers at NASA are working to improve the memory of the Mars exploration rover Opportunity after a series of glitches in recent weeks led to what officials are describing as amnesia within the its memory banks.
Southampton, England (UPI) Dec 30, 2014 - A group of students at Southampton University in England are looking to grow lettuce on Mars. The researchers - a combination of undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students - are currently lobbying for their lettuce-growing experiment to be included on the Mars One lander payload.
Leicester UK (SPX) Dec 29, 2014 - University of Leicester scientists, who are closely involved in the European mission to Mars -ExoMars- have welcomed support from the Government for the project. Following the Chancellor's Aut
