Washington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2011 - Sand dunes in a vast area of northern Mars long thought to be frozen in time are changing with both sudden and gradual motions, according to research using images from a NASA orbiter. These du
Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 04, 2011 - The avalanche faces of huge Martian sand dunes, long thought to be frozen in time on the distant planet, are being re-sculpted on a seasonal basis, according to results of an investigation led by a
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 04, 2011 - Opportunity has entered the solar conjunction period. Solar conjunction is the period when communications between Earth and Mars are disrupted because the Sun is directly in between the two planets.
Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 03, 2011 - Summertime is coming to the south of Mars, and days are growing longer and warmer. This is not good news, however - and the reason why can be given in a single word: dust. Scientists at Arizon
Leicester, UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2011 - Rare fragments of Martian meteorites have been investigated at the University of Leicester revealing one of the ways water flowed near the surface of Mars. Scientists at the University's renow
Idaho Falls ID (SPX) Feb 03, 2011 - Mars is our next frontier. We'd like to know whether the Red Planet ever hosted its own life forms - and where it might be able to host human explorers. The twin Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity h
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 03, 2011 - The first full-duration simulation of a manned voyage to Mars has reached a major milestone: the 'spacecraft' yesterday 'arrived' at Mars after 244 days of virtual interplanetary flight. Three crewm
Moscow (UPI) Feb 2, 2011 - The first full-duration simulation of a manned voyage to Mars has reached virtual Mars after 244 days of virtual interplanetary flight, Russian officials said.
Leicester, England (UPI) Feb 2, 2011 - Rare fragments of martian meteorites have revealed evidence of how water once flowed near the surface of that planet, U.K. researchers say.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 28, 2011 - Opportunity is in position for solar conjunction at the southeast rim of the 80-meter (262-foot) diameter Santa Maria crater. The southeast region of the rim shows evidence for hydrated sulfat
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jan 25, 2011 - To support the European ExoMars Mission to explore the Red Planet, an international project is being launched on 20 January 2011 with the aim of simulating the entry of spacecraft into the martian a
Paris (UPI) Jan 25, 2011 - The European Space Agency has released close-up portraits of Mars's moon Phobos, taken as the ESA Mars Express spacecraft flew within 60 miles of it.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jan 24, 2011 - A Chinese participant has performed well in the Mars-500 project, a simulated space flight to Mars, the project's chief said Friday here. Boris Morukov, who is also deputy director of the Medi
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jan 24, 2011 - During the last of a series of eight encounters with the martian moon Phobos, the High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on ESA's Mars Express spacecraft acquired a detailed view of the martian satell
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 21, 2011 - Opportunity is in position for solar conjunction at the southeast rim of the 80-meter (262-foot) diameter Santa Maria crater. Solar conjunction is the period when communications between Earth and Ma
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2011 - The team operating NASA's Mars rover Opportunity will temporarily suspend commanding for 16 days after the rover's seventh anniversary next week, but the rover will stay busy. For the fourth t
