Pasadena CA (JPL) May 21, 2013 - Opportunity has set a new off-world driving record for a U.S. spacecraft having surpassed the record previously held by Apollo 17 in the Sol 3309 (May 15, 2013) drive. Prior to that, Opportuni
Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 17, 2013 - Missions to Mars have only scratched its surface. To go deeper, scientists are proposing a spacecraft that can drill into the Red Planet to potentially find signs of life. The driving goal for
Tucson AZ (SPX) May 17, 2013 - Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 17, 2013 - While Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited Earth's moon for three days in December 1972, they drove their mission's Lunar Roving Vehicle 19.3 nautical miles (22.210 statut
Bethesda MD (SPX) May 16, 2013 - The Website, Mars-One.com has posted an interesting Want Ad: Mars 2023: Inhabitants Wanted - Mars One will establish a permanent human settlement on Mars. We invite you to participate by sharing ou
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 13, 2013 - The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling. The rover will set course to the drilling location in coming days. This second drill
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 13, 2013 - Opportunity is feverishly working to complete analysis of 'Esperance,' believed to be a phyllosilicate-rich target, before departing for her winter haven at 'Solander Point' to the south. On S
Amsterdam, Netherlands (UPI) May 11, 2013 - More than 78,000 people have applied for a chance to go on a one-way trip to create a permanent community on the planet Mars, officials said.
Munich, Germany (SPX) May 10, 2013 - Snowstorms lashing down at the northern hemisphere of Mars during the icy cold winters may be predicted several weeks in advance, say researchers from the Tohoku University in Sendai (Japan) and the
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 10, 2013 - Opportunity has safely emerged from solar conjunction. However, in the past week the flight team learned that the rover did experience a flash memory anomaly during conjunction on Sol 3286 (April 21
Vienna, Austria (SPX) May 10, 2013 - Mars 2013 analog field simulation, held by the Austrian Space Forum in Morocco this February is over, and now the organizers have published the full report from the mission. The project's goal
Chennai, India (IANS) May 08, 2013 - ISRO is planning to have a total of five rocket launches in 2013 from its rocket launch pad at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, around 80 km from here. This will include a mission to Mars later this y
Washington (AFP) May 8, 2013 - Buzz Aldrin, the American astronaut who was the second man to walk on the Moon, said Wednesday that the United States must lead the way toward building a permanent settlement on Mars.
Princeton NJ (SPX) May 08, 2013 - A roughly 3.5-mile high Martian mound that scientists suspect preserves evidence of a massive lake might actually have formed as a result of the Red Planet's famously dusty atmosphere, an analysis o
Washington (AFP) May 8, 2013 - Landing astronauts safely on Mars is one of the biggest technological hurdles for any future manned mission to the Red Planet, even more complicated than last year's daring rover touchdown.
Beverly, Mass. (UPI) May 7, 2013 - Scientists have long hypothesized that evidence of life could be hiding deep below Mars' subsurface ice. But digging for such evidence is not currently in the cards for NASA and its Mars rover, as Curiosity's drill only extends an inch or so.
