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Washington (AFP) Feb 16, 2021 - More than a century after the first powered flight on Earth, NASA intends to prove it's possible to replicate the feat on another world.
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Washington (AFP) Feb 16, 2021 - More than a century after the first powered flight on Earth, NASA intends to prove it's possible to replicate the feat on another world.
Feb 16, 2021

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 16, 2021 - On 18 February 2021, NASA will initiate the most precise landing ever attempted on the Red Planet. A spacecraft with the Perseverance rover on board will enter the Martian atmosphere at around 21:38
Feb 16, 2021

Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 16, 2021 - By analyzing the occurrences of exposed dusty ice on Mars using data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, ASU planetary scientists Aditya Khuller and Philip Christensen have found the lowest lat
Feb 16, 2021

Washington (AFP) Feb 16, 2021 - After a seven-month journey, NASA's Perseverance rover prepares to touch down on Mars on Thursday after first negotiating a risky landing procedure that will mark the start of its multi-year search for signs of ancient microbial life.
Feb 16, 2021

Beijing (XNA) Feb 16, 2021 - China's Tianwen 1 robotic probe entered orbit above Mars' polar regions on Monday, moving closer to the red planet, the China National Space Administration said. The spacecraft activated its 3
Feb 16, 2021

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 15, 2021 - As dust collects on the solar panels and winter comes to Elysium Planitia, the InSight team is following a plan to reduce science operations in order to keep the lander safe. NASA's InSight lander r
Feb 15, 2021

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 15, 2021 - Nearly six-and-a-half months and 300 million miles since launch, NASA's Perseverance rover will land on Mars Feb. 18, 2021, to begin its robotic exploration of the Red Planet. But before Perseveranc
Feb 15, 2021

Dubai (AFP) Feb 14, 2021 - The UAE's Hope probe sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said Sunday, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit.
Feb 14, 2021

Washington DC (UPI) Feb 14, 2021 - The Mars rover Perseverance and its feisty sidekick helicopter Ingenuity have set records and pushed new frontiers for interplanetary space exploration since landing on the Red Planet one year ago this Friday.
Feb 14, 2021

San Antonio TX (SPX) Feb 12, 2021 - A Southwest Research Institute scientist has updated Mars chronology models to find that terrains shaped by ancient water activity on the planet's surface may be hundreds of millions of years older
Feb 12, 2021

Beijing (XNA) Feb 12, 2021 - Precise braking near Mars has helped China's probe Tianwen 1 successfully enter the orbit around the red planet on Wednesday, according to the country's space scientists. Yang Yuguang, a resea
Feb 12, 2021

Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 12, 2021 - NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will land on Mars Feb. 18, 2021. Onboard the rover is the ASU-led mast-mounted camera system Mastcam-Z, which can zoom from wide angle to telephoto, take 3D ima
Feb 12, 2021

Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Feb 11, 2021b - Three new spacecraft are due to arrive at Mars this month, ending their seven-month journey through space. The first, the United Arab Emirates' Hope Probe, should have made it to the red plane
Feb 11, 2021

Paris (ESA) Feb 11, 2021 - Sea salt embedded in the dusty surface of Mars and lofted into the planet's atmosphere has led to the discovery of hydrogen chloride - the first time the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has
Feb 11, 2021

London (AFP) Feb 10, 2021 - Researchers said Wednesday they had observed water vapour escaping high up in the thin atmosphere of Mars, offering tantalising new clues as to whether the Red Planet could have once hosted life.
Feb 10, 2021

Beijing (AFP) Feb 10, 2021 - China's Tianwen-1 probe entered the orbit of the planet Mars on Wednesday, state media said, after it launched from southern China last July.
Feb 10, 2021