Red Planet

NASA's Mars 2020 Rover to Explore Ancient Life

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday June 14, 2019

NASA's Mars 2020 rover, its latest robotic mission to the Red Planet, will include technology to explore ancient life on Mars, according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Clay Cache on Mars

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 30, 2019

Curiosity Mars rover at a region of the Red Planet called the "clay-bearing unit" has revealed the highest amounts of clay minerals ever found during the mission, NASA has said.

Can't Afford To Go To Mars? NASA Can Send Your Name Instead

Science | ANI | Wednesday May 22, 2019

If you feel a trip to Mars is not possible in this lifetime, NASA is giving you an opportunity to send your name to the Red Planet instead.

NASA Invites Public to Submit Their Names to Be Displayed on Next Mars Rover

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 22, 2019

NASA has invited public to submit their names to fly abroad the next rover to Red Planet in 2020.

NASA's Mars 2020 Rover To Have Names Etched On Chips, Submissions Open

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 22, 2019

Although it will be years before the first humans set foot on Mars, the US space agency has invited public to submit their names to fly abroad the next rover to Red Planet in 2020.

Man On Mars: Film Explores Challenges Of Journey To The Red Planet

World News | Sanya Jain | Thursday April 25, 2019

In hopes of answering one of the "fundamental mysteries of the cosmos" - whether life exists beyond the Earth - NASA is developing the capabilities needed to send humans to the red planet. This documentary explores some of the greatest challenges that lie on the journey to Mars.

"Marsquake": First Tremor Detected On Red Planet

Science | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday April 24, 2019

Scientists said Tuesday they might have detected the first known seismic tremor on Mars in a discovery that could shed light on the ancient origins of Earth's neighbour.

Curiosity Rover Sends Images Of Solar Eclipses Caused By Mars' 2 Moons

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday April 5, 2019

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has send back spectacular imagery of two solar eclipses caused by Phobos and Deimos -- two Moons of the Red Planet.

Mars Still Has Active Deep Groundwater, Scientists Claim

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday April 1, 2019

Deep groundwater could still be active on Mars and be the origin of surface streams in some near-equatorial areas of the "Red Planet", researchers suggest.

NASA's Mars Helicopter Completes Flight Tests, Ready to Fly to Red Planet

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday March 30, 2019

NASA Mars Helicopter will launch as a technology demonstrator with the Mars 2020 rover on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in July 2020 from the Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Mission Complete: 12 Years On, NASA Declares Mars Rover Officially Dead

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday February 14, 2019

During 14 years of intrepid exploration across Mars it advanced human knowledge by confirming that water once flowed on the red planet -- but NASA's Opportunity rover has analyzed its last soil sample.

NASA Finally Bids Adieu to Opportunity, the Mars Rover That Kept Going and Going

Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post | Friday February 15, 2019

Opportunity's historic mission, which uncovered signs of Mars' watery past and transformed our understanding of the Red Planet, has finally come to an end after 15 years.

NASA Turns Mars Sniffer MAVEN Into Data-Relay Satellite For Rovers

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 12, 2019

NASA's atmosphere-sniffing Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has embarked on a new campaign to tighten its orbit around the red planet to become a data-relay satellite for the US space agency's Mars 2020 rover.

Mars InSight Deploys French-Made Quake Sensor On Red Planet

Science | Agence France-Presse | Thursday December 20, 2018

The US space agency's unmanned Mars Insight lander, which touched down on the Red Planet last month, has successfully deployed its key, quake-sensing instrument on the alien world's surface, NASA said Thursday.

NASA's InSight Mars Lander Sends Back First Selfie on Mars

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday December 12, 2018

On December 6, the InSight lander used a camera on its robotic arm to take its first selfie - a mosaic made up of 11 images.