Miami FL (SPX) Aug 17, 2024 - NASA's Curiosity rover has made a surprising discovery on Mars, uncovering pure sulfur during its exploration of Gediz Vallis, a channel on Mount Sharp located within the Gale Crater. The discovery,
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2024 - Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully packed and shipped two spacecraft bound for Mars to Cape Canaveral, FL, where they will undergo final preparations for launch. These twin spacecr
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 16, 2024 - A new high-resolution global color image dataset of Mars has been released, thanks to data gathered by China's Tianwen-1 mission. This dataset is a significant advancement for Mars exploration, offe
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2024 - NASA's Perseverance rover collected rock samples on Mars during a nearly five-month mission in 2022. These samples hold potential clues about the planet's water history and possibly even evidence of
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2024 - After spending 30 months exploring the floor and river delta of Jezero Crater, NASA's Perseverance rover is preparing for a challenging climb up the western rim of the crater. The ascent, expected t
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 14, 2024 - Mars presents a challenging environment for measuring wind speeds due to its extreme temperatures, thin atmosphere, and dusty terrain. Traditional methods, such as gauging the cooling rate of heated
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2024 - Using seismic activity to probe the interior of Mars, geophysicists have found evidence for a large underground reservoir of liquid water - enough to fill oceans on the planet's surface. The d
Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 09, 2024 - Ever since we learned that the surface of planet Mars is cold and dead, people have wondered if there is a way to make it friendlier to life. In a groundbreaking study published Aug. 7 in Scie
Paris, France (SPX) Aug 08, 2024 - Mars once hosted a lake larger than any on Earth. The dried remnants of this ancient lakebed are shown in amazing detail by ESA's Mars Express. A new view from Mars Express's High Resolution S
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 08, 2024 - Twelve years ago, NASA landed its six-wheeled science lab using a daring new technology that lowers the rover using a robotic jetpack. NASA's Curiosity rover mission is celebrating a dozen yea
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2024 - When a robotic rover lands on another world, scientists have a limited amount of time to collect data from the troves of explorable material, because of short mission durations and the length of tim
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 05, 2024 - When the door to NASA's Mars Dune Alpha habitat in Houston closed, Georgia Tech alumnus Ross Brockwell was virtually transported 152 million miles to the Red Planet as part of the Crew Health and Pe
Long Beach CA (SPX) July 31, 2024 - Rocket Lab has successfully integrated and tested two spacecraft that will support NASA's upcoming Mars mission. This major milestone demonstrates Rocket Lab's capability in developing interplanetar
Edinburgh UK (SPX) Jul 31, 2024 - NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered some intriguing signs that ancient Mars could have supported life. This news comes from the analysis of a new sample of mudstone, a type of sedimentary rock,
Washington (AFP) July 31, 2024 - Sealed inside a habitat in Texas and cut off from the outside world for over a year, Kelly Haston was the commander of a first-of-its-kind simulation for NASA to prepare for a future mission to Mars.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2024 - Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (Rocket Lab or the Company), a global leader in launch services and space systems, has finalized the integration and testing of two spacecraft that will soon
