Baikonur, Kazakhstan (RIA Novosti) Nov 09, 2011 - Russia's ambitious mission to bring back soil samples from the Martian moon Phobos will pave the way for the exploration of the Red Planet, a scientist said on Tuesday. The launch of the Phobo
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 09, 2011 - For the past 17 months, researchers with the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) collected data to evaluate the impact of prolonged operational confinement on the sleep, performance
Moscow (AFP) Nov 9, 2011 - An unmanned Russian spacecraft on a mission to a Mars moon failed Wednesday to find the right course to the red planet, a potentially devastating blow to Moscow's hopes of resuming planetary exploration.
Moscow (AFP) Nov 9, 2011 - Russia's Phobos-Grunt space probe has failed to take its planned trajectory towards Mars and is stuck in an Earth orbit, the space agency said, adding it now had three days to try to fix the problem.
Moscow (AFP) Nov 8, 2011 - Six men who spent 520 days in isolation in Moscow to simulate a flight to Mars on Tuesday spoke of their pride at becoming spacemen but complained of the monotony and cravings for crusty baguettes.
Moscow (AFP) Nov 7, 2011 - Russia on Wednesday launches a probe for Mars that aims to collect a chunk of a Martian moon and become Moscow's first successful planetary mission since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 07, 2011 - 520 days without sunlight, fresh air or direct contact with the outside world - the six test subjects on the Mars500 mission have had to forego plenty of things while 'travelling' to Mars and back t
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 07, 2011 - The record-breaking simulated mission to Mars has ended with smiling faces after 17 months. Mars500's six brave volunteers stepped out of their 'spacecraft' to be welcomed by the waiting scientists
Moscow (AFP) Nov 6, 2011 - It was not always smooth sailing for the six young men who huddled in uncomfortably close quarters on a 520-day fake mission to Mars, a Russian scientist has revealed.
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 04, 2011 - The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover was moved from NASA Kennedy Space Center's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Statio
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 04, 2011 - The seasonal plan for Opportunity is to winter over on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour crater where northerly tilts are favorable for solar array energy production. As such,
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2011 - Does Mars have water? This question has been contentious for well over a century and a half, with extreme swings in scientific opinion - from a planet criss-crossed with canals to no water at all; f
Moscow (AFP) Nov 4, 2011 - Six volunteers from a multi-national crew on Friday stepped out of an isolation module in Moscow after almost one-and-a-half years locked away from the outside world to simulate the effects of a return voyage to Mars.
Moscow (AFP) Nov 4, 2011 - Six members of a multi-national crew stepped out into the outside world Friday after spending the last 520 days locked in an isolation module in Moscow to simulate the effects of a return trip to Mars.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 03, 2011 - A new NASA study suggests if life ever existed on Mars, the longest lasting habitats were most likely below the Red Planet's surface. A new interpretation of years of mineral-mapping data, from more
Paris (ESA) Nov 02, 2011 - Anomalies in the operation of the solid-state mass memory system on board Mars Express have caused science observations to be temporarily halted. A technical work-around is being investigated that w
