Chicago (AFP) Feb 15, 2014 - NASA scientists were finally able to explain the origin of the mysterious rock shaped like a jelly doughnut that appeared near the rover Opportunity in early January.
Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 14, 2014 - For the first time since the Viking Mars mission of the 1970s, which ended more than a generation ago, scientists will soon begin systematic observations of Mars from orbit at times of day around lo
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 14, 2014 - Nearly everything we know about the radiation exposure on a trip to Mars we have learned in the past 200 days. For much longer, we have known that space is a risky place to be, radiation being one o
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 14, 2014 - Opportunity is up on Solander Point, part of the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover continues to explore the region called Cook Haven. The rock named Pinnacle Island continues to be a ta
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 14, 2014 - NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has tweaked its orbit to help scientists make the first systematic observations of how morning fogs, clouds and surface frost develop in different seasons on the Red P
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 13, 2014 - NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars have returned clues for understanding seasonal features that are the strongest indication of possible liquid water that may exist today on the Red Planet. The fea
Atlanta GA (SPX) Feb 13, 2014 - Martian experts have known since 2011 that mysterious, possibly water-related streaks appear and disappear on the planet's surface. Georgia Institute of Technology Ph.D. candidate Lujendra Ojha disc
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Feb 13, 2014 - A spacecraft built for the Russian-European ExoMars project will begin its voyage to Mars in January 2016, Director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Lev Zelyony sai
Sriharikota, India (SPX) Feb 12, 2014 - Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, India's first interplanetary probe, was launched by PSLV-C25 at 1438 hours on November 5, 2013 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. In its voyage towards Mars, the
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 12, 2014 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Jean-Yves Le Gall, president of the National Center of Space Studies of France (CNES), signed an implementing agreement Monday for cooperation on a future NASA
Cleveland OH (SPX) Feb 11, 2014 - In an open field on the campus of NASA's Glenn Research Center, a large sand dune rises up and if you watch for a few moments, you may see a rover crest over the hill. This is one place where NASA t
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 11, 2014 - NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover has crossed a dune that stands across a gateway to a southwestward route favored by the rover team for driving to future science destinations. After reaching the we
Washington (AFP) Feb 11, 2014 - The United States and France Monday unveiled plans to collaborate on a new Mars mission, two years after NASA withdrew from a European partnership to send a probe and lander to the Red Planet.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 06, 2014 - Space rocks hitting Mars excavate fresh craters at a pace of more than 200 per year, but few new Mars scars pack as much visual punch as one seen in a NASA image released today. The image from
Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Feb 06, 2014 - The MAVEN spacecraft and all of its science instruments have completed their initial checkout, and all of them are working as expected. This means that MAVEN is on track to carry out its full scienc
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Feb 04, 2014 - Dr. Gernot Groomer from Austria has designed a spacesuit for walking on Mars. It takes him three hours to put it on. The suit is made from 10,000 parts and designed for the most treacherous environm
