NASA Insight Feels and Hears a Marsquake
24 Apr 2019, 09:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA Insight Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument detected a mild tremor on April 6, possibly an Marsquake
Mars Moons Phobos and Deimos Pass in Front of the Sun, Curiosity Takes Photos
5 Apr 2019, 10:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Curiosity uses camera to capture images of both Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos, as they passed in front of the Sun last month.
NASA Orion Spacecraft Conducts First Altitude Abort System Test
29 Mar 2019, 15:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Northrop Grumman Orion capsule performed on March 20 a static hot-fire test of the Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor
Insect-Like NASA Mars Helicopter Shows Up in Official Photos
29 Mar 2019, 10:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Mars Helicopter was airborne for one minute at an altitude of 2 inches (5 centimeters) and proved that it can fly in a Mars-like atmosphere
NASA Reveals Mars 2020 Already Landed on Mars Several Times During Simulations
25 Mar 2019, 16:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA tests the systems of the Mars 2020 rover in simulated landings conducted at the beginning of the year inside its facilities
InSight Lander Films a 27 Seconds Solar Eclipse on Mars
13 Mar 2019, 15:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The entire eclipse lasted only 27 seconds, and the photo sequence that makes up the GIF compresses about 14 minutes of footage taken around noon
This Is the Last Panorama Opportunity Send to Earth Before It Died
13 Mar 2019, 13:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Opportunity's parting shot panorama is made of 354 individual images taken with the Panoramic Camera right before the rover went dark
SpaceX Starship to Get Raptor Engine This Week
13 Mar 2019, 10:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Raptor is an engine built by SpaceX and fueled by cryogenic liquid methane and liquid oxygen that will power the crew-capable Starship
NASA Gets $21 Billion Budget to Go Explore the Moon and Mars
12 Mar 2019, 10:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The budget seems to be solid enough for the agency to go forward with most of its plans for the future, including a return to the Moon and missions to Mars
All Hail Oppy, the Little Rover that Could
23 Feb 2019, 11:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The MER-B rover, affectionately called Oppy, lasted for a total of 15 years and trekked across Mars more than any other human-made vehicle
InSight Sends Home Mars Weather Reports for All to See. Daily
20 Feb 2019, 15:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / InSight will collect weather information every second for the next two years to form a picture of Mars weather and seasons
Elon Musk Says a Trip to Mars Could Be Cheaper than a House on Earth
14 Feb 2019, 15:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Musk says that should the volume of people going to the Red Planet be sufficient, a ticket could cost “less than $500k & maybe even below $100k.”
RIP Opportunity: NASA Gives Up on Extraordinary Mars Rover
14 Feb 2019, 11:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA announced it is officially ending efforts to resurrect the Opportunity rover, after more than half a year of failed attempts
NASA to Reveal Fate of Opportunity Rover on Wednesday
13 Feb 2019, 10:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Earth lost contact with the Martian rover on June 10, 2018, at a time when the neighbouring planet was engulfed in a massive sand storm
MAVEN Spacecraft Moving Closer to Mars, to Act as Comms Relay for 2020 Rover
12 Feb 2019, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The spacecraft has enough fuel to last it well into 2030, and the space agency plans to use it as relay for as long as possible
ExoMars Rover Named After English Scientist Rosalind Franklin
11 Feb 2019, 15:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Franklin was a British scientist who made major contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, and viruses
Curiosity Rover Shoots 360 Video of Rock Hall on Mars
11 Feb 2019, 10:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Presently NASA’s only working rover on the Martian surface, Curiosity’s main task is to dig holes into the soil and learn more about its composition
Wall-E and Eve CubeSats Lost in Space as They Move Away from Mars
6 Feb 2019, 15:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Currently, Wall-E is more than 1 million miles (1.6 million km) past Mars, and Eve even further, at 2 million miles (3.2 million km)
SpaceX Raptor Flight Engine Test Fired in Texas
4 Feb 2019, 15:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The version of the engine shown here is the redesigned variant that will actually take off with the Starship sometime in the future
Curiosity Sends Back New Selfie from Mars, Pack Its Bags for a New Destination
29 Jan 2019, 10:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Curiosity rover snapped the 57 pics on January 15 using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera to form this here selfie