Bonn, Germany (SPX) Dec 13, 2010 - The small crater embedded in the north-western rim of the Schiaparelli impact basin features prominently in this new image acquired by the High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) operated by the German
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2010 - There is no place on Earth that is a perfect copycat of Mars as it is now, or as it was at any specific point in the past. But scientists suggest Earth has little versions of Mars as it might have b
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2010 - By the middle of next week, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will have worked longer at Mars than any other spacecraft in history. Odyssey entered orbit around Mars on Oct. 24, 2001. On Dec. 15, the 3,34
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2010 - Students in Robert Palassou's fifth-grade class at Valley View School got an unusual treat last month when scientists from NASA's Ames Research Center visited their Pleasanton, California, classroom
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 03, 2010 - Opportunity continues to make good progress towards Endeavour crater while collecting remote-sensing science observations (imaging) of small craters along the way. The rover drove on Sols 2429
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2010 - Newly released images from 340 recent observations of Mars by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show details of a wide assortme
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 01, 2010 - The first instrument from Spain for a mission to Mars will provide daily weather reports from the Red Planet. Expect extremes. Major goals for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory include assessing
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 01, 2010 - Opportunity continues to make progress towards Endeavour crater while collecting remote-sensing science observations along the way. The rover drove on Sols 2424 (Nov. 18, 2010), and 2427 (Nov.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 30, 2010 - On Thursday, Nov. 18th, we had a very exciting day. Our Mars drill was to be operated by a class of 5th grade students from Valley View School in Pleasanton, California. We got up early in the morni
Leicester, UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2010 - Scientists and engineers at the Space Research Centre at the University of Leicester are developing a conceptual motor design for a Mars 'hopping' vehicle which should lead to a greater understandin
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 24, 2010 - Opportunity has been navigating through a field of small impact craters on her way to Endeavour crater. Opportunity has has now exceeded 25 kilometers (15 miles) of odometry on the surface of Mars!
London (UPI) Nov 23, 2010 - Common Earth bacteria could, in theory, survive in a dormant state in the harsh conditions on Mars for more than a million years, U.K. researchers say.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 23, 2010 - An international research team led by the Planetary Science Institute has found evidence for reservoirs of liquid water on Mars at shallow crustal depths of as little as tens of meters. J. Ale
Moscow, Russia (XNA) Nov 23, 2010 - The head of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Anatoly Perminov, said here on Sunday that the launch of an unmanned lander to one of the moon of Mars, Phobos, was scheduled for October 2011.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 22, 2010 - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has visited and photographed two craters informally named for the spacecraft that carried men to the moon 41 years ago this week. Opportunity drove pa
Leicester, UK (SPX) Nov 19, 2010 - Scientists and engineers at the internationally acclaimed Space Research Centre at the University of Leicester are developing a conceptual motor design for a Mars 'hopping' vehicle which should lead
