Washington DC (UPI) Feb 18, 2021 - After NASA attempts Thursday to land the biggest, heaviest vehicle sent to Mars yet - no small feat - scientists have planned an ambitious mission for exploration of the Red Planet's surface and col
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 18, 2021 - NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will be the agency's ninth mission to land on the Red Planet. Along with characterizing the planet's geology and climate, and paving the way for human exploration
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 18, 2021 - Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Computational and Data-Intensive Science and Engineering (CDISE) and the Skoltech Digital Agriculture Laboratory and their collaborators from the German Aeros
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 18, 2021 - NASA's planned landing of the Mars rover Perseverance at 3:55 p.m. EST Thursday will begin a process to advance exploration and understanding of the Red Planet by leaps and bounds - if all goes well.
Washington (AFP) Feb 18, 2021 - NASA said Thursday that the Perseverance rover has touched down on the surface of Mars after successfully overcoming a risky landing phase known as the seven minutes of terror.
Berlin, Germany (DLR) Feb 18, 2021 - Today, on the evening of 18 February 2021, NASA's Mars 2020 mission has safely landed the rover 'Perseverance' in Jezero Crater at 21:55 (CET). With these image products, the landing site of the mos
Hong Kong (SPX) Feb 17, 2021 - Both Earth and Mars currently have oxidising atmospheres, which is why iron-rich materials in daily life develop rust (a common name for iron oxide) during the oxidation reaction of iron and oxygen.
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 17, 2021 - When NASA's Perseverance rover lands on the surface of the Red Planet next Thursday, key Airbus technology will be on board: the MEDA meteorological station will provide scientists with valuable Mar
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 17, 2021 - NASA, in collaboration with other leading space agencies, aims to send its first human missions to Mars in the early 2030s, while companies like SpaceX may do so even earlier. Astronauts on Mars wil
Washington DC (AFP/UPI) Feb 17, 2021 - NASA said Thursday that the Perseverance rover has touched down on the surface of Mars after successfully overcoming a risky landing phase known as the seven minutes of terror. Touchdown confirmed,
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 17, 2021 - A tightly choreographed dance between NASA's Deep Space Network and Mars orbiters will keep the agency's Perseverance in touch with Earth during landing and beyond. When NASA's Mars 2020 Perseveranc
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Feb 17, 2021 - The red planet in the evening sky seems more and more within reach, as leading space agencies aspire astronaut missions to Mars in the future. Unlike the 1969 moon landing, these missions are desi
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 17, 2021 - With about 2.4 million miles (3.9 million kilometers) left to travel in space, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is days away from attempting to land the agency's fifth rover on the Red Planet.
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 17, 2021 - Researchers in Germany have developed a new bioreactor capable of growing cyanobacteria using only water, gases and nutrients available on Mars. The technology could pave the way for the kinds
Berlin, Germany (DLR) Feb 17, 2021 - On Thursday, 18 February 2021, at approximately 21:55 CET, NASA's control centre in Pasadena should receive the radio signal indicating that the Perseverance rover has been gently lowered onto the s
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
