Mars Mission

NASA’s Mars-Bound Spaceship Carrying Perseverance Rover Faces Technical Issues

Agence France-Presse | Friday July 31, 2020

NASA spaceship Mars 2020, carrying the Perseverance rover, is experience technical difficulties and is running on essential systems only, the agency said. Data indicate the spacecraft had entered a state known as safe mode, likely because a part of the spacecraft was a little colder than expected.

NASA’s Mars Rover Perseverance Poised for Launch Today

Agence France-Presse | Thursday July 30, 2020

NASA's latest Mars rover, Perseverance, is set for launch today on an astrobiology mission to look for signs of ancient microbial life, and to fly a helicopter-drone on another world for the first time.

China Mars Probe Tianwen-1 Photographs Earth en Route to Red Planet

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday July 29, 2020

China's first Mars probe, Tianwen-1, has beamed back a photo of the Earth and the Moon as it heads toward its destination. The image was taken 1.2 million km away from Earth, three days after launch.

China's Mars Probe Photographs Earth En Route To Red Planet

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday July 28, 2020

China's first Mars probe has beamed back a photo of the Earth and the Moon as it heads toward its destination, the country's space agency said Tuesday.

NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Is Brawniest and Brainiest One Yet, to Lift Off on July 30

Associated Press | Tuesday July 28, 2020

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, set for lift off this Thursday, is the space agency’s most advanced Martian probe yet. Its super-sanitised sample return tubes — for rocks that could hold evidence of past Martian life — are the cleanest items ever bound for space.

Mission to Mars: The Race for the Red Planet

Reuters | Thursday July 23, 2020

China is scheduled to launch an unmanned probe to Mars on Thursday, aiming to demonstrate its technological prowess as it makes a bid for global leadership in space with its first independent mission to visit another planet.

China Launches Mars Probe in Space Race With US

Agence France-Presse | Thursday July 23, 2020

China launched a rover to Mars on Thursday, a journey coinciding with a similar US mission as the powers take their rivalry into deep space.

China Launches Rover To Mars In Space Race With US

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday July 23, 2020

China launched a rover to Mars on Thursday, a journey coinciding with a similar US mission as the powers take their rivalry into deep space.

China To Launch Mars Orbiter, Lander In Its Biggest Rocket Today

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday July 23, 2020

China aims to launch a rover to Mars on Thursday on a journey coinciding with a similar US mission as the powers take their rivalry into deep space.

UAE Launches Mars Mission From Japan, First Such By An Arab Nation

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday July 20, 2020

The first Arab space mission to Mars, an unmanned probe dubbed "Hope", blasted off from Japan on Monday, in a bid to reveal more about the atmosphere of the Red Planet.

UAE Mars Probe Launch Delayed Further Over Bad Weather at Japan Launch Site

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday July 15, 2020

UAE had to delay the launch of its Mars probe, again due to bad weather at the Japan launch site. The original launch was planned for Wednesday, but was delayed until Friday. Now, UAE delayed the launch further due to continuing bad weather. A new date will be announced soon.

UAE Postpones Mars Mission Due to Weather at Japan Launch Site

Reuters | Tuesday July 14, 2020

The United Arab Emirates has postponed to July 17 the launch of its mission to Mars due to weather conditions at the launch site in Japan, the UAE government communications office said on Tuesday.

From the Moon to Mars: China's March Across Space

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday July 14, 2020

After sending humans into orbit and landing a probe on the Moon, China is aiming for another milestone in its space ambitions with the launch of a Mars rover next week.

UAE to Make History With Launch of Mars Probe

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday July 14, 2020

The United Arab Emirates plans to make history Wednesday with the scheduled launch of the "Hope" mission, which will make it the first Arab nation to send a probe to Mars.

NASA Perseverance Mars Rover Launch Delayed Again, 2 Weeks Left to Fly

Associated Press | Thursday July 2, 2020

NASA has delayed the launch of its newest Mars rover yet again — to the end of July at the earliest — this time for a rocket issue.