Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 05, 2012 - The latest work assignment for NASA's long-lived Mars rover Opportunity is a further examination of an area where the robot just completed a walkabout. If you are a geologist studying a site
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 05, 2012 - Building on the success of Curiosity's Red Planet landing, NASA has announced plans for a robust multi-year Mars program, including a new robotic science rover set to launch in 2020. This announceme
Chicago (AFP) Dec 4, 2012 - NASA plans to send a new rover to Mars in 2020 as it prepares for a manned mission to the Red Planet, the US space agency said Tuesday.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2012 - Chinese astronauts are preparing to grow fresh vegetables on Mars and the moon after researchers successfully completed a preliminary test in Beijing, state media reported.
Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Dec 04, 2012 - NASA's Curiosity rover analyzed its first solid sample of Mars in Nov. with a variety of instruments, including the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite. Developed at NASA's Goddard Space
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 04, 2012 - NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has used its full array of instruments to analyze Martian soil for the first time, and found a complex chemistry within the Martian soil. Water and sulfur and chlorine-co
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 03, 2012 - Opportunity, after completing the local area survey around the location called Matijevic Hill (named in honor of Jake Matijevic) at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater, ha
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 30, 2012 - Opportunity, after completing the local area survey around the location called Matijevic Hill (named in honor of Jake Matijevic) at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater, ha
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 29, 2012 - A regional dust storm on Mars, tracked from orbit since Nov. 10, appears to be abating rather than going global. During the past week, the regional storm weakened and contracted significantly
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 27, 2012 - The NASA Mars rover Curiosity began its flight to Mars on Nov. 26, 2011, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., tucked inside the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft. One year after launc
Paris (ESA) Nov 27, 2012 - For the first time, ESA's Mars orbiter has relayed scientific data from NASA's Curiosity rover on the Red Planet's surface. The data included detailed images of 'Rocknest3' and were received by ESA'
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 27, 2012 - Opportunity has completed the local area survey around the location called Matijevic Hill (named in honor of Jake Matijevic) at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater.
Washington (AFP) Nov 26, 2012 - The US space agency says it is monitoring a massive dust storm on Mars that has produced atmospheric changes.
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Nov 25, 2012 - Mars rover Curiosity has collected shocking data that may make it into the history books, John Grotzinger, lead scientist of the Mars Science Laboratory mission, said on Thursday. He declined
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 25, 2012 - A Martian dust storm that NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been tracking since last week has also produced atmospheric changes detectable by rovers on Mars. Using the orbiter's Mars Colo
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 22, 2012 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completed a touch-and-go inspection of one rock on Sunday, Nov. 18, then pivoted and, on the same day, drove toward a Thanksgiving overlook location. Last week, Cur
