Bangalore, India (AFP) Sept 24, 2014 - India won Asia's race to Mars on Wednesday when its unmanned Mangalyaan spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit after a 10-month journey on a tiny budget.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 24, 2014 - Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards 'Marathon Valley,' a putative location for abundant clay minerals. The rover is headed to a near-term target, a small crater
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 24, 2014 - Looking across the Mars landscape presents a bleak image: a barren, dry rocky view as far as the eye can see. But scientists think the vista might once have been quite different. It may have teemed
Bangalore, India (SPX) Sep 23, 2014 - India went Mars because Japan and China had tried and failed and she wanted the glory to the first Asian country to succeed. The small cars sized Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) with its modest 15kg scie
New Dehli (XNA) Sep 23, 2014 - India Monday successfully testfired its maiden Mars mission's main liquid engine, a crucial step before the spacecraft enters Martian orbit Wednesday. The state-owned Indian Space Research Org
Washington (AFP) Sept 22, 2014 - NASA's MAVEN spacecraft began orbiting Mars on Sunday, on a mission to study how the Red Planet's climate changed over time from warm and wet to cold and dry.
Pasadena CA (VOA) Sep 22, 2014 - Two unmanned spacecraft headed to Mars, one launched by the United States and the other by India, will soon reach the Red Planet within days of each other. NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile
New Delhi (IANS) Sep 22, 2014 - An Indian spacecraft will enter Mars on September 24 for scientific exploration of the red planet after a 300-day voyage through inter-planetary space, an ISRO official said on Monday. After
Washington (AFP) Sept 21, 2014 - A NASA spacecraft that aims to study the upper atmosphere of Mars and reveal how its climate changed over time is poised to begin orbiting the Red Planet on Sunday.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 19, 2014 - India's first Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is ready to enter the Red Planet's orbit on September 24, after a ten-month journey through space. The Indian Space Research Organization says that India wil
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2014 - NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is nearing its scheduled Sept. 21 insertion into Martian orbit after completing a 10-month interplanetary journey of 442 million mile
Washington (AFP) Sept 17, 2014 - An unmanned NASA spacecraft launched last year to study the history of climate change on Mars is to begin orbiting the Red Planet on Sunday after a 10-month journey.
Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 17, 2014 - Everything continues to go well with MAVEN as it is readied for arrival at Mars on Sunday, September 21st. All spacecraft systems are operating nominally. We had scheduled a final Trajectory Correct
Manchester, UK (SPX) Sep 16, 2014 - A tiny fragment of Martian meteorite 1.3 billion years old is helping to make the case for the possibility of life on Mars, say scientists. The finding of a 'cell-like' structure, which investigator
Bangalore, India (AFP) Sept 15, 2014 - An Indian spacecraft is on course to reach Mars, an official said Monday, following a 666-million-kilometre voyage that could see New Delhi's low-cost space programme win Asia's race to the Red Planet.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 15, 2014 - Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards 'Marathon Valley,' a putative location for abundant clay minerals. The rover's Flash file system was successfully reformatted
