Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 06, 2012 - Opportunity continues to explore the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater, specifically the transition layer between Cape York and Meridiani Planum. Mars Odyssey has returned
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 06, 2012 - A mission to a martian moon could return with alien life, according to experts at Purdue University, but don't expect the invasion scenario presented by summer blockbusters like Men in Black 3 or
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 06, 2012 - From fresh rover tracks to an impact crater blasted billions of years ago, a newly completed view from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the ruddy terr
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2012 - One month and a day after celebrating its independence with fireworks exhibitions throughout the country, America will carry its penchant for awe-inspiring aerial pyrotechnic displays to the skies o
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 29, 2012 - By studying rocks blasted out of impact craters, ESA's Mars Express has found evidence that underground water persisted at depth for prolonged periods during the first billion years of the Red Plane
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2012 - It's a hot summer day, and your eyes spot an ice cream cart up ahead. Without even really thinking, you start walking that direction. Planetary scientists would like to give robots that kind of visu
West Lafayette, Ind. (UPI) Jun 29, 2012 - Evidence of life on Mars could come not from a mission to the Red Planet but from one sent to the martian moon Phobos, U.S. researchers said.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2012 - A recent workshop conducted for NASA by the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston, marked a key step in the agency's effort to forge a new Mars strategy in the coming decades. A report that
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 27, 2012 - Opportunity has been exploring the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. With Mars Odyssey still working to recover from their safe mode event, Ultra High Frequency (UHF) relay for
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jun 26, 2012 - NASA says a maneuver Tuesday adjusted the flight path of its Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft for delivering the rover Curiosity to a landing target on Mars.
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 21, 2012 - In the dead of a Martian winter, clouds of snow blanket the Red Planet's poles - but unlike our water-based snow, the particles on Mars are frozen crystals of carbon dioxide. Most of the Martian atm
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 21, 2012 - NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has been taken out of a protective status called safe mode. Remaining steps toward resuming all normal spacecraft activities will probably be completed by next week.
Paris (ESA) Jun 20, 2012 - ESA assembled a top engineering team then challenged them to devise a way for rovers to navigate on alien planets. Six months later, a fully autonomous vehicle was charting its own course through Ch
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 15, 2012 - In a step toward returning NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to full service, mission controllers have tested a spare reaction wheel on the spacecraft for potential use with two other reaction wheels in a
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 15, 2012 - Opportunity has been investigating light-toned veins around the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. Recently, things became complicated, first by Mars Odyssey orbiter going
London, UK (SPX) Jun 12, 2012 - On Saturday 26th November, e2v high performance imaging sensors were launched into space onboard an Atlas V rocket as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which plans to land a rover name
