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
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
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
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
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 14, 2014 - Opportunity landed on Mars on Jan. 24, 2004 PST (Jan. 25, 2004 UTC) on what was to be a three-month mission, but instead the rover has lived beyond its prime mission and roved the planet for nearly
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 12, 2014 - NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and its recent tracks from driving in Gale Crater appear in an image taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance
Paris (AFP) Jan 07, 2014 - A comfortable, middle-class Parisian life may be the envy of many people, but Florence Porcel would give it all up to be among the first Earthlings to settle on Mars - even with no option of return.
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - The maverick startup company, Mars One, has selected over 1,000 would be and hopeful emigrants who have applied for a one-way trip to Mars. The pool of applicants included over 200,000 people.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 06, 2014 - The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for energy production. Opportunity is positioned on the edge of an exposed outcrop where orbital observations suggest the possible presence of smal
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 06, 2014 - Eighth graders didn't have Facebook or Twitter to share news back then, in January 2004. Bekah Sosland, 14 at the time, learned about a NASA rover landing on Mars when the bouncing-ball video on the
The Hague (AFP) Jan 02, 2014 - More than 1,000 candidates - from 200,000 hopefuls - have been chosen to train for a private Mars colonisation mission to be partly funded by a reality-TV show following their training and subsequent steps, organisers said Thursday.
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 01, 2014 - The Mars One project has announced the selection of 1,058 hopefuls from over 200,000 applicants to become potential human ambassadors on the Red Planet. Eventually, no more than 40 people will be
