Washington (AFP) May 6, 2013 - Setting foot on Mars by the 2030s is human destiny and a US priority, and every dollar available must be spent on bridging gaps in knowledge on how to get there, NASA's chief said Monday.
Paris (ESA) May 06, 2013 - Giant landslides, lava flows and tectonic forces are behind this dynamic scene captured recently by ESA's Mars Express of a region scarred by the Solar System's largest volcano, Olympus Mons. The im
Washington (AFP) May 5, 2013 - NASA and private sector experts now agree that a man or woman could be sent on a mission to Mars over the next 20 years, despite huge challenges.
East Lansing MI (SPX) May 03, 2013 - In an effort to determine if conditions were ever right on Mars to sustain life, a team of scientists, including a Michigan State University professor, has examined a meteorite that formed on the re
Washington DC (SPX) May 03, 2013 - NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere. Scheduled f
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 02, 2013 - During a moratorium on commanding this month while Mars passed nearly behind the sun - a phase called solar conjunction - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity entered a type of standby mode.
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) May 2, 2013 - NASA says the Opportunity rover on Mars is back under Earth control after having been in standby mode while Mars passed behind the sun, blocking communications.
New York (AFP) April 22, 2013 - Are you crazy enough to sign up for a one-way trip to Mars? Applications are now being accepted by the makers of a Dutch reality show that says it will deliver the first humans to the Red Planet in 10 years.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 15, 2013 - NASA's Curiosity Mars rover targeted the laser of the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument with remarkable accuracy for assessing the composition of the wall of a drilled hole and tailings that
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 15, 2013 - Solar conjunction is when the Sun comes between Earth and Mars, which occurs about once every 26 months. During this time there will be diminished communications to Opportunity. The team will
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 15, 2013 - Hardware from a spacecraft that the Soviet Union landed on Mars in 1971 might appear in images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. While following news about Mars and NASA's Curiosity rov
Moscow (UPI) Apr 12, 2013 - Russian space enthusiasts say a NASA orbiter may have captured images of pieces of a Soviet spacecraft that made a soft landing on Mars more than 40 years ago.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 12, 2013 - Opportunity is in position for the coming three-week solar conjunction period at 'Cape York' on the rim of Endeavour Crater. This location is the last in-situ (contact) target before the rover depar
Paris (UPI) Apr 11, 2013 - A European spacecraft captured an image of twin craters on Mars showing evidence of dramatic underground events possibly involving ice, scientists say.
Paris (ESA) Apr 09, 2013 - This is the first entry in the ExoMars 2016 Test Campaign Journal, a series of articles covering the main events during the development, integration and testing of the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and th
Palo Alto, CA (SPX) Apr 09, 2013 - Registration is open for teams seeking to compete in the $1.5 million energy storage competition known as the Night Rover Challenge, sponsored by NASA and the Cleantech Open of Palo Alto, Calif.
