Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 20, 2021 - Two interactive web experiences let you explore the Martian surface, as seen by cameras aboard the rover and orbiters flying overhead. It's the next best thing to being on Mars: Two online int
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 20, 2021 - Fans of NASA's Mars rover Perseverance can now see the robotic explorer and its activity in a 3D depiction of the Red Planet terrain via a new website.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 20, 2021 - Scientists found evidence that a region of northern Mars called Arabia Terra experienced thousands of super eruptions, the biggest volcanic eruptions known, over a 500-million-year period. S
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 17, 2021 - NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter provided a 3D view of a rock-covered mound during its 13th flight on Sept. 4. The plan for this reconnaissance mission into the South Seitah region of Mars' Jezero
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 17, 2021 - Scientists believe some of the recently-collected rock samples taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover likely contain organic matter.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 17, 2021 - In the months since we flew for the first time, we have learned a great deal about operating a helicopter on Mars. We have explored Ingenuity's strengths and limitations in detail, leveraging the fo
Paris (ESA) Sep 17, 2021 - ESA's Rosalind Franklin twin rover on Earth has drilled down and extracted samples 1.7 metres into the ground - much deeper than any other martian rover has ever attempted. The successful coll
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 15, 2021 - NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has collected four rock samples since July from the planet's surface, in an area the agency considers a top prospect for finding signs of ancient microbial life, the agency said Thursday.
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Sep 15, 2021 - MDA Ltd. been awarded the full contract from Mitsubishi Electric in Japan to provide a Laser Rangefinder (LRF) altimeter for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) MMX (Martian Moons eXplorat
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 13, 2021 - NASA's Perseverance Mars rover successfully collected its first pair of rock samples, and scientists already are gaining new insights into the region. After collecting its first sample, named Montd
Washington (AFP) Sept 10, 2021 - NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has now collected two rock samples, with signs that they were in contact with water for a long period of time boosting the case for ancient life on the Red Planet.
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 10, 2021 - The first two rock samples examined by NASA's Mars rover Perseverance give scientists a firm belief that water inundated Jezero Crater for a sustained period of time, the agency announced Friday.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 10, 2021 - Dr. Shannon Curry, planetary scientist and the deputy assistant director of planetary science at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at the University of California, Berkeley, has assumed leadership
Hefei, China (SPX) Sep 08, 2021 - Mars has a bad reputation for its high exposure to radiation and it has neither a magnetic field nor a thick atmosphere to shelter its surface from high energy particles from outer space. In
Beijing (Sputnik) Sep 08, 2021 - The newly developed and recently unveiled prototype miniature helicopter drone, a possible means to support China's Mars missions, is designed to become a navigator for the Mars rover. It will great
Washington (AFP) Sept 7, 2021 - NASA confirmed Monday that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded in collecting its first rock sample for scientists to pore over when a future mission eventually brings it back to Earth.
