Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 07, 2013 - After imaging during the holidays, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed driving Jan. 3 and pulled within arm's reach of a sinuous rock feature called Snake River. Snake River is a thin curvin
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 07, 2013 - Opportunity is on the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover has been conducting in-situ (contact) science investigations with the robotic arm instruments at a locatio
Stanford CA (SPX) Jan 04, 2013 - Stanford researchers, in collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have designed a robotic platform that could take space exploration to new
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 04, 2013 - NASA-funded researchers analyzing a small meteorite that may be the first discovered from the Martian surface or crust have found it contains 10 times more water than other Martian meteorites from u
Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2013 - NASA says a small meteorite, possibly the first discovered from the martian surface, contains 10 times more water than meteorites that later originated on Mars. Scientists have spent a year studying the meteorite dubbed Northwest Africa 7034 found 2011 in the Sahara and have determined it formed 2.1 Bil years ago.
Palo Alto, Calif. (UPI) Jan 2, 2013 - U.S. researches say autonomous rovers exploring moons and asteroids could be a significant step toward a human mission to Mars.
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 02, 2013 - ARCA and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a 1,1 mil. $ contract for the ExoMars, High Altitude Drop Test - Balloon Flight Services Program (HADT-BFS). During the contract, ARCA will contribute
Washington (RIA Novosti) Dec 30, 2012 - A series of photos taken by NASA's Curiosity and combined into a single composite picture offer a rare, detailed glimpse of the rover patrolling the surface of Mars on a rocky terrain with its targe
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 28, 2012 - The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos and the European Space Agency (ESA) could sign a long-anticipated agreement on Russia's participation in a Mars research project in the first quarter of 20
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 28, 2012 - Opportunity is on the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater, positioned at a location called Copper Cliff. Over the long holiday period, the rover has been stationary an
Atlanta, GA (SPX) Dec 21, 2012 - A new study co-authored by the Georgia Institute of Technology indicates that clay minerals, rocks that usually form when water is present for long periods of time, cover a larger portion of Mars th
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 21, 2012 - Opportunity is working at Matijevic Hill (named in honor of Jake Matijevic) at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. There, the rover has been conducting in-situ (c
Fremont CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2012 - On August 6th, 2012 the automatic rover Curiosity landed on Mars. One of the scientific instruments on board is ChemCam, which has a pulsed laser capable of ablating a focused spot on a remote sam
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2012 - The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has 10 science instruments, and each will be used in the coming weeks and months to help characterize the environment of Mars and determine if the planet
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 14, 2012 - Opportunity is located at a place named Matijevic Hill (named in honor of Jake Matijevic) at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 3153 (Dec. 6, 2012), the rov
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2012 - The NASA Mars rover Curiosity drove 63 feet (19 meters) northeastward early Monday, Dec. 10, approaching a step down into a slightly lower area called Yellowknife Bay, where researchers intend to
