Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 19, 2021 - Thanks to two microphones aboard NASA's Perseverance rover, the mission has recorded nearly five hours of Martian wind gusts, rover wheels crunching over gravel, and motors whirring as the spacecraf
Mitzpe Ramon, Israel (AFP) Oct 13, 2021 - Inside a huge crater in Israel's sun-baked Negev desert, a team wearing space suits ventures forth on a mission to simulate conditions on Mars.
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 1, 2021 - The Mars helicopter Ingenuity is on its own without NASA's guidance for two weeks as the sun interferes with communications to the Red Planet.
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 01, 2021 - Have you ever wondered what it would be like to head deep into space, all the way to Mars? Through a simulated journey, four volunteer research subjects will soon have a chance to find out. Be
Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 01, 2021 - A significant amount - at least 25 percent - of Martian valley networks formed as a result of lake breach flooding, as reported in a paper on which Planetary Science Institute Research Scientist Ale
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 01, 2021 - The white speck is NASA's Perseverance rover in the South Seitah area of Mars' Jezero Crater. The image was taken by the agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using its High-Resolution Imaging Scie
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 01, 2021 - Dunes develop when wind-blown sand organizes into patterns, most often in deserts and arid or semi-arid parts of the world. Every continent on Earth has dune fields, but dunes and dune-like sand pat
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 29, 2021 - If astronauts are to set up a base and spend extended periods of time on Mars, they're going to need to be able to synthesize water and grow their own food.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 29, 2021 - It's been an eventful several Martian days, or sols, since our last blog post, so we wanted to provide everyone with an update on where things stand on Mars. In our last post, we explained that we w
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 28, 2021 - An international team of researchers has used seasonal variations to identify likely sub-surface deposits of water ice in the temperate regions of Mars where it would be easiest for future human exp
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 24, 2021 - The lander cleared enough dust from one solar panel to keep its seismometer on through the summer, allowing scientists to study the three biggest quakes they've seen on Mars. On Sept. 18, NASA
Cincinnati OH (SPX) Sep 24, 2021 - Engineers at the University of Cincinnati are developing new ways to convert greenhouse gases to fuel to address climate change and get astronauts home from Mars. UC College of Engineering and
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 24, 2021 - Scientists tap into an array of imagers aboard the six-wheeled explorer to get a big picture of the Red Planet. NASA's Perseverance rover has been exploring Jezero Crater for more than 217 Ear
St Louis MO (SPX) Sep 21, 2021 - Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars' early history. But Mars has no liquid water on its surface today. New research from
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 20, 2021 - The Johnson Space Center scientist was tasked with helping guide the way for mission's first cored Mars rock sample. The evening of Aug. 1 felt a lot like a birthday to NASA planetary scientis
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 20, 2021 - For a planet to be habitable, it must be able to hold significant amounts of liquid water.
