From Dusty to Archimedes, These Are the Final 155 Names for the Mars 2020 Rover
16 Jan 2020, 10:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Out of 28,000 submissions, these are the final 155 names for the 2020 Mars rover. They include Propulsion Major Crater, Reconnoiter, or Asteria Morpheus
Ian Roussel Space Junkie 2.0 Is the Tesla Musk Should Make for Mars
21 Dec 2019, 06:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ian Roussel-designed Space Junkie 2.0 has been created in 2016 and is now going to sell at the 2020 Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona
First Test Drive of the Mars 2020 Rover Caught on Film, All Systems Green
19 Dec 2019, 10:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Mars 2020 rover conducts its first ever test drive on Earth, the six-wheeler performs flawlessly and gets engineers excited
Budweiser Is Conducting Tests on ISS to Become the First Beer on Mars
10 Dec 2019, 16:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The SpaceX resupply mission carried with it Budweiser barley seeds for a test on space malting. The goal is to brew beer in space
IKEA Designs Furniture for Mars Outpost
27 Nov 2019, 10:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The world's most well known provider of furniture that you have to assemble yourself seems like an unlikely candidate for furnishing a Mars research station
Are We Ready to Be Martians Yet?
28 Oct 2019, 13:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Talks of putting people on Mars have become increasingly frequent in recent years, yet we're not really that close to actually achieving it
Mars 2020 Now Testing Its Instruments at JPL
28 Oct 2019, 10:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The American space agency announced last week the rover is now at JPL’s Simulator Building, where it is undergoing final testing
Here Are the Most Badass Spacesuits NASA Ever Made
17 Oct 2019, 10:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On October 15 NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine and NASA engineer Amy Ross showed for the first time the next-generation spacesuits of the Artemis program
Mars 2020 Rover Separates from Descent Stage with the Help of a Crane
7 Oct 2019, 15:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA tested the separation of the rover from its descent stage by firing the pyrotechnic devices that held the two together
NASA Is Going to Find Life on Mars, and Soon
2 Oct 2019, 15:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA chief scientist Jim Green says we'll find signs of life on Mars soon, questions the world's readiness to such an announcement
This Is Our Future Ride to Mars: SpaceX Starship Mk1
30 Sep 2019, 08:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX Starship Mk1 unveiled in Texas, spaceship will make its first test flight by the end of the year. More tests and new versions planned for 2020
Nearly 10 Million Human Names to Travel to Mars in 2020
19 Sep 2019, 12:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the window to submit entries comes to an end, the agency says the Mars 2020 mission will have the names of at least 9.4 million passengers on board
Mars Rover Gets Tools Needed to Collect Samples and Return Them to Earth
20 Aug 2019, 15:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA plans to use the new Mars rover to collect samples of the Red Planet and send them back to Earth by the end of the next decade
T-Minus One Year Until Launch Window for Mars 2020 Mission Opens
18 Jul 2019, 09:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In 2020, the Mars mission can depart at any time in the interval July 17 – August 5, depending on the weather and other factors
Mars 2020 Rover Turns Handyman as Robotic Arm Installed
1 Jul 2019, 09:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Five electric motors are used to drive the arm of the rover, and the five joints allow it to bend to the required angle for the task ahead
Mars Helicopter Readies Blades for Historic Mission
10 Jun 2019, 13:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If successful, the Mars helicopter flight in 2021will allow for aerial reconnaissance of alien worlds from altitudes much more revealing than the distant orbit
Watch Live from JPL as the Mars 2020 Rover Is Being Built
10 Jun 2019, 09:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A live webcam at NASA's JPL in Pasadena, California, shows in real time all that goes on in the bay where the rover is being assembled
Mars 2020 Rover Gets HD Color Cameras That Zoom
4 Jun 2019, 15:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Mars 2020 rover is fitted with two Mastcam-Z high-definition cameras with a resolution of less than one-and-a-half inches (38 mm) from over 330 feet away
Curiosity Rover Snaps a Selfie, Shows Us Martian Clay as Telltale Sign of Water
30 May 2019, 15:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The last surviving rover on Mars, Curiosity, struck a rich deposit of clay, a good indication that at one point there was liquid water on Mars
Your Name Can Land on Mars with the 2020 Rover
22 May 2019, 09:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Submission period for names that are to be sent to Mars on the 2020 mission is open, over 350,000 requests in the first day