Pasadena CA (JPL) May 27, 2013 - Opportunity has begun the departure from 'Cape York' and started the push to reach 'Solander Point' over 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) away. The rover drove five out of the last seven days (sols).
Montreal, Canada (SPX) May 27, 2013 - The temperature in the permafrost on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian high Arctic is nearly as cold as that of the surface of Mars. So the recent discovery by a McGill University led team of scienti
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 24, 2013 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called Cumberland. Plans call for delivering portions of the sample
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 22, 2013 - NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is driving to a new study area after a dramatic finish to 20 months on Cape York with examination of a rock intensely altered by water. The fractured r
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
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 21, 2013 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called Cumberland. Plans call for delivering portions of the sample
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
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
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 - 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
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
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
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
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
