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
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
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
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
Paris (ESA) Feb 04, 2014 - The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter module consisting of the spacecraft structure, thermal control and propulsion systems was handed over by OHB System to Thales Alenia Space France at a ceremony held in
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2014 - A planet's atmosphere can up and disappear. Now a satellite is approaching Mars to tell us how. The satellite is MAVEN: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN). As NASA's first spacecraft dev
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 04, 2014 - NASA's Curiosity Mars rover reached the edge of a dune on Jan. 30 and photographed the valley on the other side, to aid assessment of whether to cross the dune. Curiosity is on a southwestward
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 04, 2014 - Opportunity is up on 'Solander Point' at the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is continuing to investigate this curious surface rock, called 'Pinnacle Island' that apparently was kicked up by the
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Feb 04, 2014 - The Curiosity Mars rover vehicle has damaged one of its wheels against a sharp rock. It happened when the rover was going through dunes to Aeolis, the central peak of the Gale crater. Since on
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 31, 2014 - The team operating NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is considering a path across a small sand dune to reach a favorable route to science destinations. A favorable route would skirt some terrain wit
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 31, 2014 - Russian Anastasia Stepanova is through to the second round of applicant selection for the Mars One program. Anastasia, a Moscow resident, could end up among the 20 finalists that will embark on a on
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 31, 2014 - Russian scientists have proposed an instrument for an upcoming NASA Mars rover to search for underground water that could support life on the Red Planet, a lead scientist at the institute that submi
