Mars
News Archive on Mars Exploration, Mars Terraforming, Martian Atmosphere Dust Liquid water Methane, Martian mineralogy, Red Planet Rover Mission, ExoMars, Moons Phobos Deimos, Water on Mars, InSight lander and MarCO CubeSats.
Our news archives includes Mars missions such as Mars Mariner program Rovers, Odyssey, Pathfinder, Reconnaissance Orbiter, Viking program.
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Aug 22, 2016Schiaparelli, the Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module of the joint ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars 2016 mission, will target the Meridiani Planum region for its October landing. -
Aug 17, 2016A novel interpretation of Raman spectra will help the 2020 Mars rover select rocks to study for signs of life. -
Aug 6, 2016A team of astrobiologists descended 1.1 kilometers below Earth's surface to the Mars-like environment of the Boulby Mine in the UK looking for answers about life on other planets. -
Jul 30, 2016New findings using data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show that gullies on modern Mars are likely not being formed by flowing liquid water. -
Jul 26, 2016New observations from data collected by the 2001: Mars Odyssey suggests that iron sulfates may play a major role in hydrating martian soil. -
Jul 4, 2016Some of the wind-sculpted sand ripples on Mars are a type not seen on Earth, and their relationship to the thin Martian atmosphere today provides new clues about the atmosphere's history. -
Jun 30, 2016Chemicals found in Martian rocks by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover suggest the Red Planet once had more oxygen in its atmosphere than it does now. -
Jun 28, 2016NASA is weighing using the Curiosity Mars rover to capture images of dark streaks present on some higher slopes of Mount Sharp that may be potential water sites. -
Jun 23, 2016Scientists have discovered an unexpected mineral in a rock sample at Gale Crater on Mars, a finding that may alter our understanding of how the planet evolved. -
Jun 16, 2016"Marathon Valley," slicing through a large crater's rim on Mars, has provided fruitful research targets for NASA's Opportunity rover since July 2015, but the rover may soon move on.
