NASA Perseverance Rover Prepares to Drop First Set of Sample Tubes on Mars
16 Dec 2022, 23:05 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / In the following weeks, Perseverance will build a sample depot on Mars. The rover will drop around 10 sample tubes in a region called the "Three Forks"
NASA's Perseverance Rover Records Eerily Scary Martian Dust Devil, Sounds Earth-Like
14 Dec 2022, 18:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Here on Earth, dust devils can take shape anywhere a pocket of warm air rapidly rises through patches of cold air, thus creating a vortex
Tiny Ingenuity Helicopter That Could is Going for Flight No. 35 on Another World
2 Dec 2022, 08:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA plans to fly the Ingenuity Mars helicopter once more on December 3, this would be the machine's 35th flight on another world
Ingenuity Helicopter Makes a Short Hop on Mars to Test New Capabilities
24 Nov 2022, 05:42 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The little helicopter is back in flight. NASA's Ingenuity helicopter recently completed "the shortest flight in Martian aviation history"
When Humanity Leaves This Planet, We'll Need this 6WD ROVO To Colonize Our New Homes
19 Nov 2022, 22:55 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / A design project derived from an apocalypse-induced mass migration on Mars proposes a nuclear-powered car to chart the Red Planet in detail
You Could Be the Next Person To Have Their Name on Mars on a Future NASA Mission
19 Nov 2022, 16:14 UTC · By: Angela Balaciu / There are more than 22 million people ready to have their names on the next Mars mission scheduled for mid-2026 and you could have yours too
NASA Geeks Out at Possible Clues of Life on Mars, Even Tweets About It
18 Nov 2022, 12:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Perseverance rover snatched its 14th sample of Martian soil, one that holds promising features akin to clues of life
Stunning Mars Sample Return Video Made Us Forget About Artemis I for a While
18 Nov 2022, 07:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA releases an animation video showing how the Mars Sample Return mission will unfold over on the Red Planet, many steps required for success
The Clock Is Ticking for NASA’s InSight as Dust-Covered Spacecraft Nears Death on Mars
1 Nov 2022, 21:00 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's InSight lander is expected to be operational for a few more weeks. The spacecraft will die on the job, choked to death on Martian dust
Two NASA Spacecraft Teamed Up to Find Large Meteoroid Strike
27 Oct 2022, 21:30 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's InSight lander teamed up with the agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to make a scientific discovery on Mars
Greek God of Volcanos Is Now on Mars, Holds a Crater of Pure Beauty in Its Lap
16 Oct 2022, 01:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Rampart crater in the Hephaestus Fossae region of Mars could unlock some secrets on the "depth to the water (ice) table through time" in its region
Spot on Mars Looks Dull From Orbit, NASA Could Send a Helicopter to Have a Closer Look
15 Oct 2022, 00:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This location on Mars could one day become the target of study for NASA's helicopter on Mars in a bid to learn more about it
Region Named in Ancient Mesopotamian Language Is the First Proof of a Martian Shoreline
8 Oct 2022, 01:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A HiRISE photo snapped last year shows Shalbatana Vallis, a place that translates as Mars Valley and is the first discovered shoreline there
NASA's Dust-Choked InSight Lander Is Running Out of Power on Mars
7 Oct 2022, 21:22 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's dying InSight lander is having a tough time on Mars. The spacecraft is receiving less and less sunlight, so its power levels are decreasing
Here Is Martian Chloride, And It Sounds Like Some Kind of Poison. But It’s Not
2 Oct 2022, 01:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This portion of Martian surface shows traces of chloride, and that's a clear sign of the region having had water, and maybe even life, at some point
Astronaut Poop Will Make for Great Martian Fuel. Just Add Water, CO2 and Light
1 Oct 2022, 02:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new idea dreams of a reactor that could turn wastewater and greywater into rocket fuel using light and the abundance of CO2 on Mars
Here’s Why This Place on Mars Looks Like a Piece of Cracked Leather
1 Oct 2022, 00:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image of Mars snapped by the HiRISE camera shows an ice formation inside an impact crater, looks like a piece of cracked leather from above
Omega Marstimer Is Here to Tell Time on Earth and Mars
30 Sep 2022, 07:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) and watchmaker Omega revealed this week the X-33 Marstimer, can tell time both on Earth and on Mars
Those Are Not Armies of Ants Duking It Out on Mars, Brain Thinks Them So
26 Sep 2022, 06:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A large deposit of dry ice on the surface of Mars was captured by the HiRISE camera, features looks like millions of ants waging war
Deep Scar on Mars’ Face Shows Ice Buried Beneath the Surface, Could Be Very, Very Old
25 Sep 2022, 00:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Cliff in an otherwise uniform and dusty region of Mars reveals subsurface ice, and it could be tens of millions years old