Canberra, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2011 - Scientists from The Australian National University have found that extensive regions of the sub-surface of Mars could contain water and be at comfortable temperatures for terrestrial - and potential
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 14, 2011 - NASA's car-sized Curiosity rover has begun monitoring space radiation during its 8-month trip from Earth to Mars. The research will aid in planning for future human missions to the Red Planet.
Didcot, England (UPI) Dec 12, 2011 - British scientists have announced a project they say could allow Mars rovers to roam autonomously around the planet.
Sydney (AFP) Dec 12, 2011 - Australian scientists who modelled conditions on Mars to examine how much of the red planet was habitable said Monday that large regions could sustain life.
Paris (RIA Novosti) Dec 12, 2011 - Russia could become a full partner in a planned U.S.-European Mars exploration project, a European Space Agency (ESA) spokesman has said. The Space News International website quoted Franco Bon
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 12, 2011 - Opportunity is currently exploring one of the candidate sites for winter, on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 2792 (Dec. 1, 2011), the rover bumped backwards
Moscow (UPI) Dec 9, 2011 - A Russian spacecraft that failed to head for Mars after its November launch will fall back to Earth Jan. 9, experts said.
Moscow (UPI) Dec 9, 2011 - Russia could become a full partner in a planned U.S.-European Mars exploration mission, a European Space Agency spokesman said.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 08, 2011 - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found bright veins of a mineral, apparently gypsum, deposited by water. Analysis of the vein will help improve understanding of the history of wet envir
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 08, 2011 - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found bright veins of a mineral, apparently gypsum, deposited by water. Analysis of the vein will help improve understanding of the history of wet envir
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 08, 2011 - Opportunity spent the Thanksgiving holiday at a location called Turkey Haven, on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. This particular location provided favorable northe
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 08, 2011 - An improved tool has been introduced for viewing channels, dunes, boulders and other features revealed in the huge image files from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2011 - The Mars Science Laboratory is on its way to the red planet, and its rover Curiosity should touch down next summer. If the mission hits paydirt and comes across organic material, then one instrument
Knoxville TN (SPX) Dec 05, 2011 - Two University of Tennessee, Knoxville, professors are searching for potential habitats for life on Mars. Linda Kah and Jeffrey Moersch, associate professors of earth and planetary sciences, are an
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 05, 2011 - Excellent launch precision for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission has forestalled the need for an early trajectory correction maneuver, now not required for a month or more. That first of
Leicester UK (SPX) Dec 05, 2011 - The University of Leicester is to play a key role in NASA's $2.5 billion mission to Mars. Dr. John Bridges of the University's Space Research Centre leads a team from the University of Leicester, th
