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
Paris (AFP) April 13, 2014 - Cold and dry today, Mars was previously warm and wet but possibly only at intervals, a study published on Sunday suggests.
Tempe AZ (SPX) Apr 11, 2014 - If desert mirages occur on Mars, Lake Gusev belongs among them. This come-and-go body of ancient water has come and gone more than once, at least in the eyes of Mars scientists. Now, however
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 09, 2014 - This week, twenty European scientists will gather at Boulby mine in the UK to begin testing technologies for the exploration of Mars and hunting for deep subsurface life that will aid scientists in
Bangalore, India (AFP) April 09, 2014 - India's first mission to Mars successfully crossed the half-way mark on Wednesday, four months after leaving on an voyage to the Red Planet scheduled to take 11 months, the space agency said.
Mexico City (RIA Novosti) Apr 09, 2014 - A Russian astronaut Alexander Misurkin thinks humankind should not stop at the exploration of near-Earth space but rather go further in the universe, the explorer told RIA Novosti Tuesday. I
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 09, 2014 - Images taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on April 2 and April 3 include bright spots, which might be due to the sun glinting off a rock or cosmic rays striking the camera's detector. The ro
Mexico City (RIA Novosti) Apr 09, 2014 - Dmitry Znamensky - No single country has the resources to carry out an expedition to Mars, but together mankind does have the technological capability required to realize such an endeavor, according
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 08, 2014 - Opportunity is exploring 'Murray Ridge,' part of the west rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 3617 (March 28, 2014), the rover continued further to the southwest on Murray Ridge with a 68-foot (20
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 08, 2014 - Providing a rare glimpse of the trade secrets of planetary scientists, the journal Icarus published a study this month that compared lunar crater counts by eight professionals with crowdsourced coun
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 07, 2014 - On Wednesday, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover drove the last 98 feet feet (30 meters) needed to arrive at a site planned since early 2013 as a destination for studying rock clues about ancient environme
Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 04, 2014 - Several clues in the structure of NGC 1316 reveal that its past was turbulent. For instance, it has some unusual dust lanes embedded within a much larger envelope of stars, and a population of unusu
Washington (AFP) April 02, 2014 - Efforts to send humans to Mars would likely expose them to health risks beyond the limits of what NASA currently allows, an independent panel of medical experts said Wednesday.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 01, 2014 - Spring is here, love is in the air, and Mars and Earth are getting a little closer this time of year.
Paris (ESA) Mar 31, 2014 - A state-of-the-art 'Mars yard' is now ready to put the ExoMars rover through its paces before the vehicle is launched to the Red Planet in 2018. ESA, the UK Space Agency and Airbus Defence and Space
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 31, 2014 - By the time you finish reading this story, you'll be about 1,000 km closer to the planet Mars. Earth and Mars are converging for a close encounter. As March gives way to April, the distance between
