Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 07, 2021 - With only about 50 million miles (80 million kilometers) left to go in its 293-million-mile (471-million-kilometer) journey, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is nearing its new planetary home. Th
Beijing (XNA) Jan 05, 2021 - China's Tianwen 1 robotic Mars probe had traveled more than 400 million kilometers by Sunday morning and is set to enter a Mars orbit next month, according to the China National Space Administration
Beijing (XNA) Jan 05, 2021 - China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 has traveled more than 400 million km by Sunday morning and is expected to enter Mars orbit next month, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 4, 2021 - The China National Space Administration released photos on New Year's Day, of its Mars orbiter circling high above the Red Plant.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 31, 2020 - It took fifteen years of imaging and nearly three years of stitching the pieces together to create the largest image ever made, the 8-trillion-pixel mosaic of Mars' surface. Now, the first study to
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 23, 2020 - NASA has shown what it will look like when its Perseverance rover touches down on Mars, a challenging sequence that the agency describes as 7 minutes of terror.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 23, 2020 - Marvels of engineering, the rover's sample tubes must be tough enough to safely bring Red Planet samples on the long journey back to Earth in immaculate condition. The tubes carried in the bel
Brisbane, Australia (The Conversation) Dec 23, 2020 - There are many things humanity must overcome before any return journey to Mars is launched. The two major players are NASA and SpaceX, which work together intimately on missions to the Interna
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 18, 2020 - NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) are moving to the next phase in a campaign to deepen understanding of whether life ever existed on Mars and, in turn, better understand the origins of life on Ea
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Dec 17, 2020 - Barchans are crescent-shaped sand dunes whose two horns face in the direction of the fluid flow. They appear in different environments, such as inside water pipes or on river beds, where they take t
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 17, 2020 - NASA's InSight spacecraft touched down Nov. 26, 2018, on Mars to study the planet's deep interior. A little more than one Martian year later, the stationary lander has detected more than 480 quakes
St. Louis MO (SPX) Dec 16, 2020 - Thinking like Earthlings may have caused scientists to overlook the electrochemical effects of Martian dust storms. On Earth, dust particles are viewed mainly in terms of their physical effect
Beijing (XNA) Dec 16, 2020 - China's Tianwen 1 Mars probe had been 100 million kilometers far from the Earth as of Monday evening, and had traveled nearly 360 million km by that time, according to the China National Space Admin
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 15, 2020 - Don't tell Bill Allen he can't take risks. Allen was just 17 years old when he first set foot on the grounds of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to join the mailroom in the summer of 1981. Voy
Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 15, 2020 - A large, previously unrecognized reservoir of water ice on Mars is well preserved and formed within the past few million years, says a paper led by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Danie
Fayetteville AK (SPX) Dec 11, 2020 - Water on Mars, in the form of brines, may not be as widespread as previously thought, according to a new study by researchers at the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences. Researche
