Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 29, 2014 - This spring, NASA will be paying cautious attention to a comet that could put on a barnstorming show at Mars on Oct. 19, 2014. On that date, comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring will buzz Mars about 10 tim
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 29, 2014 - A device created by Russian scientists is bidding for a chance to travel to Mars aboard NASA's Mars 2020 rover. In about five months or so, it will be clear whether NORD, the brainchild of the Mosco
St Louis MI (SPX) Jan 27, 2014 - Ten years ago, on Jan. 24, 2004, the Opportunity rover landed on a flat plain in the southern highlands of the planet Mars and rolled into an impact crater scientists didn't even know existed. The m
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2014 - Researchers supported by NASA's Astrobiology Science and Technology Instrument Development (ASTID) program are designing algorithms and instruments that could help future robotic missions make their
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jan 27, 2014 - Some of the oldest minerals ever analysed by NASA's Mars Opportunity Rover show that around four billion years ago Mars had liquid water so fresh it could have supported life. The findings wer
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 24, 2014 - NASA has received 58 proposals for science and exploration technology instruments to fly aboard the agency's next Mars rover in 2020, twice the usual number submitted for instrument competitions in
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 24, 2014 - New findings from rock samples collected and examined by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity have confirmed an ancient wet environment that was milder and older than the acidic and oxidizing c
Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2014 - A strange rock that looks like a jelly doughnut has appeared on Mars, and scientists are closer to figuring out how it got there, a top NASA expert said Thursday.
The Hague (XNA) Jan 21, 2014 - The cultivation of various plant species, also food plants, is possible on soil of planet Mars, ecologist Wieger Wamelink of the Dutch research institute Alterra of Wageningen University told Xinhua
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 21, 2014 - A strange black and white stone has appeared out of nowhere near the Opportunity Mars Rover, which has not moved for more than a month already. The guest was noticed in the photos made by the Mars
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 21, 2014 - The rock that suddenly appeared next to the NASA's Opportunity rover in the beginning of January turns out to have an irregular chemical composition for Mars: it has too much sulfur, magnesium and m
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 21, 2014 - Opportunity is up on 'Solander Point' at the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. Opportunity is positioned on the edge o
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2014 - NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, were launched from Earth in 2003. The two rovers were designed as robotic geologists, and were to spend 90 days roaming the surface of th
Born and raised in South Vietnam, Phuc Nguyen came to Goddard as an intern and is now an electronics engineer whose work is soon going to Mars.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2014 - Humans cannot hope to survive life on Mars without plenty of protection from the surface radiation, freezing night temperatures and dust storms on the red planet. So they could be excused for marvel
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2014 - South-central Idaho and the surface of Mars have an interesting geological feature in common: amphitheater-headed canyons. These U-shaped canyons with tall vertical headwalls are found near the Snak
