Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 28, 2021 - Ever wondered how Mars rovers take a selfie? Color video from NASA's Perseverance shows how the rover captured the historic April 6, 2021, image of itself beside the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. As a
Beijing (XNA) Jun 28, 2021 - China made public on Sunday several video clips captured by the country's Tianwen 1 Mars mission, including one with an audio recording that is the first to be released from this historic interplane
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 25, 2021 - A new paper finds more radar signals suggesting the presence of subsurface 'lakes,' but many are in areas too cold for water to remain liquid. In 2018, scientists working with data from ESA's
Denver CO (SPX) Jun 23, 2021 - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to design and build the aeroshell for the Mars Sample Retrieval Lander. The capsule will protect the spacecraft through its landin
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2021 - A Perseverance rover scientist's favorite shot from the young Mars mission provides a new angle on an old and intriguing surface feature. Ask any space explorer, and they'll have a favorite image or
Beijing (XNA) Jun 15, 2021 - China's Mars rover Zhurong will continue moving southward to explore the Red Planet, focusing on key scientific issues, such as potential locations of water and ice, as well as volcanic activities,
Beijing (XNA) Jun 11, 2021 - The China National Space Administration made public on Friday four pictures taken by the Tianwen 1 robotic mission, showing the Zhurong rover on Martian surface and scene
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 10, 2021 - On June 1, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover kicked off the science phase of its mission by leaving the Octavia E. Butler landing site. Until recently, the rover has been undergoing systems tests, or
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 9, 2021 - NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity moved to a new landing site about 115 feet away from its original position on the Red Planet during its seventh flight.
Beijing (XNA) Jun 08, 2021 - The China National Space Administration (CNSA) Monday released a new image taken by the Tianwen 1 probe, showing the country's first Mars rover and its landing platform on the red planet's surface.
Riverside CA (SPX) Jun 06, 2021 - A team led by UC Riverside engineers has developed a catalyst to remove a dangerous chemical from water on Earth that could also make Martian soil safer for agriculture and help produce oxygen for h
Turin, Italy (SPX) Jun 06, 2021 - The replica ExoMars rover that will be used in the Rover Operations Control Centre to support mission training and operations is fully assembled and has completed its first drive around the Mars Ter
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 04, 2021 - The team behind NASA's InSight Mars lander has come up with an innovative way to boost the spacecraft's energy at a time when its power levels have been falling. The lander's robotic arm trickled sa
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 31, 2021 - Cloudy days are rare in the thin, dry atmosphere of Mars. Clouds are typically found at the planet's equator in the coldest time of year, when Mars is the farthest from the Sun in its oval-shaped or
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 28, 2021 - On the 91st Martian day, or sol, of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter performed its sixth flight. The flight was designed to expand the flight envelope and d
London, Canada (SPX) May 27, 2021 - With Elon Musk keen to settle on Mars, and NASA planning its own human missions, there's more to it than finding a safe place to land on the red planet. When it's no longer just robots, rovers and d
