Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 18, 2020 - Scientists using an instrument aboard NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft have discovered that water vapor near the surface of the Red Planet is lofted higher into th
Beijing (XNA) Nov 18, 2020 - China's Tianwen 1 Mars probe had traveled 300 million kilometers as of Tuesday morning, according to the China National Space Administration. The administration said in a statement that the sp
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2020 - The Curiosity rover has been probing the secrets of Mars since its arrival in 2012. Its discoveries include chemical signatures that could be related to life - or, alternatively, to geological proce
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2020 - Mars is about to get a new stream of weather reports, once NASA's Perseverance rover touches down on Feb. 18, 2021. As it scours Jezero Crater for signs of ancient microbial life, Perseverance will
New Rochelle, NY (SPX) Nov 16, 2020 - Future human missions to Mars depend on field research in an environment similar to that of Mars. It will enable the evaluation of operational concepts and optimization of strategies. The goals and
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 13, 2020 - NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has a new selfie. This latest is from a location named Mary Anning, after a 19th-century English paleontologist whose discovery of marine-reptile fossils were ignored f
Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 13, 2020 - Mars once had oceans but is now bone-dry, leaving many to wonder how the water was lost. University of Arizona researchers have discovered a surprisingly large amount of water in the upper atmospher
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 - Briony Horgan grew up in Portland, Oregon, where, enjoying the mountains and volcanoes that surrounded the region, she developed a love of geology. A long-standing interest in space made Horgan real
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 11, 2020 - On Nov. 9, the mission team confirmed that the propulsion subsystem of the descent stage, which will help lower the rover onto Mars, is in good working order. Today, Nov. 10, they turn their attenti
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 - NASA released an independent review report Tuesday indicating the agency is now ready to undertake its Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign to bring pristine samples from Mars to Earth for scientific s
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 10, 2020 - In a newly released report, an independent group of scientists and space policy experts offered NASA and the European Space Agency the green light to pursue a Mars Sample Return campaign.
Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 - Earth's most arid desert may hold a key to finding life on Mars. Diverse microbes discovered in the clay-rich, shallow soil layers in Chile's dry Atacama Desert suggest that similar deposits below t
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 02, 2020 - There's a long-standing question in planetary science about the origin of water on Earth, Mars and other large bodies such as the moon. One hypothesis says that it came from asteroids and comets pos
Athens GA (SPX) Oct 28, 2020 - Humankind's next giant step may be onto Mars. But before those missions can begin, scientists need to make scores of breakthrough advances, including learning how to grow crops on the red planet.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 28, 2020 - NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission has logged a lot of flight miles since being lofted skyward on July 30 - 146.3 million miles (235.4 million kilometers) to be exact. Turns out that is exa
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 23, 2020 - On Oct. 8, 2020, with COVID-19 safety protocols in place, team members of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission waited for a reply from the Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrumentation 2 (MED
