Washington (AFP) Feb 13, 2012 - The budget proposed Monday by US President Barack Obama for fiscal year 2013 would slash $226 million from the US space agency's Mars exploration program, likely axing a planned partnership with Europe.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 13, 2012 - Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. While positioned for
Washington (AFP) Feb 13, 2012 - The United States will scale back Mars exploration under a proposed budget by President Barack Obama released Monday that has some scientists fuming over the risk of a NASA brain-drain.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 13, 2012 - The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recorded a scene on Jan. 29, 2012, that includes the first color image from orbit showing the thr
Mexico City (IANS) Feb 13, 2012 - Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez said Friday his country would be able to send a mission to Mars after 2030. Venezuela has stepped onto the road to space, Chavez said on national television.
Washington (AFP) Feb 13, 2012 - The United States will scale back Mars exploration under a proposed budget by President Barack Obama released Monday that has some scientists fuming over the risk of a NASA brain-drain.
Providence RI (SPX) Feb 10, 2012 - Spectra Systems, a technology company that provides banknote security features to many of the world's central banks, has one of its products on the way to Mars as part of the NASA Curiosity rover mi
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2012 - Engineers have found the root cause of a computer reset that occurred two months ago on NASA's Mars Science Laboratory and have determined how to correct it. The fix involves changing how cert
Washington (AFP) Feb 9, 2012 - US President Barack Obama's budget proposal to be submitted next week for 2013 will cut NASA's budget by 20 percent and eliminate a major partnership with Europe on Mars exploration, scientists said Thursday.
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 08, 2012 - ESA's Mars Express has returned strong evidence for an ocean once covering part of Mars. Using radar, it has detected sediments reminiscent of an ocean floor within the boundaries of previously iden
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 08, 2012 - The MARSIS radar instrument on board ESA's Mars Express orbiter has discovered a subsurface blanket of low density material around the north polar cap, supporting theories that the northern lowlands
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 07, 2012 - Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt was lost because space radiation disrupted its computer system, a commission investigating the incident said on Friday. The investigation found no faults with the spa
Voronezh, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 06, 2012 - Russia will send another sample mission to the Martian moon Phobos if the European Space Agency (ESA) decides not to include Russia in its ExoMars program, the head of Russia's space agency said on
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2012 - Amateur astronomers who on occasion observe Mars through the eyepiece of their telescopes are quite familiar with the region of Syrtis Major; when observing conditions are good, it can be easily ide
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 03, 2012 - Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. While positioned for
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 03, 2012 - Russia may repeat the Mars-500 experiment simulating a crewed flight to the Red Planet on the International Space Station (ISS), the head of the Russian Space Federal Agency Roscosmos, Vladimir Popo
