Pasadena CA (JPL) May 09, 2014 - Opportunity is exploring south of Solander Point on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is headed to a region of aluminum-hydroxyl clay minerals detected from orbit. On Sol 3645 (Apr
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 08, 2014 - Portions of rock powder collected by the hammering drill on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover from a slab of Martian sandstone will be delivered to the rover's internal instruments. Rover team membe
London (AFP) May 08, 2014 - British planetary scientist Colin Pillinger, the driving force behind the ill-fated Beagle 2 mission to Mars, died on Thursday at the age of 70, his family said.
Houston TX (SPX) May 05, 2014 - In the movies, humans often fear invaders from Mars. These days, scientists are more concerned about invaders to Mars, in the form of micro-organisms from Earth. Three recent scientific papers exami
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 01, 2014 - The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover plans to proceed in coming days with the third-ever drilling into a rock on Mars to collect a sample for analysis. The rover used several tools t
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 01, 2014 - Opportunity is exploring south of Solander Point on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is headed to a region of clay minerals seen from orbit. Opportunity drove six times on Sols 36
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 29, 2014 - The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is telling the rover to use several tools this weekend to inspect a sandstone slab being evaluated as a possible drilling target. If this target
Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Apr 29, 2014 - The southern hemisphere of Mars is home to a crater that contains very well-preserved gullies and debris flow deposits. The geomorphological attributes of these landforms provide evidence that they
Bethesda MD (SPX) Apr 27, 2014 - In recent news reports the discussion of sending astronauts to Mars has been a hot topic. Certain private individuals and companies have indicated interest in a variety of missions designed to take
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 22, 2014 - NASA is developing the capabilities needed to send humans to an asteroid by 2025 and Mars in the 2030s - goals outlined in the bipartisan NASA Authorization Act of 2010 and in the U.S. National Spac
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 22, 2014 - In its sixth Martian winter, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity now has cleaner solar arrays than in any Martian winter since its first on the Red Planet, in 2005. Cleaning effects of wind ev
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 22, 2014 - Opportunity is exploring 'Murray Ridge,' part of the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The near-term plan is to drive up to the crater rim's ridgeline and image the interior of Endeavour. On Sol 3
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 19, 2014 - Scientists using NASA's Curiosity Mars rover are eyeing a rock layer surrounding the base of a small butte, called Mount Remarkable, as a target for investigating with tools on the rover's robotic
College Park MD (SPX) Apr 19, 2014 - Geologists who analyzed 40 meteorites that fell to Earth from Mars unlocked secrets of the Martian atmosphere hidden in the chemical signatures of these ancient rocks. Their study, published April 1
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 16, 2014 - I have had several opportunities the past few weeks to testify before Congress and explain to the American people the ambitious exploration plan NASA has been implementing the past few years. It is
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 15, 2014 - Opportunity is exploring 'Murray Ridge,' part of the west rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 3623 (April 3, 2014), the rover moved about 52 feet (16 meters) in a clockwise arc around some obstacles in
