Showing posts with label Mars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mars. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

NASA unveils ‘Mars’ habitat for year-long experiments on earth

new Mars-simulation habitat

Four small rooms, a gym and a lot of red sand -- NASA unveiled on Tuesday its new Mars-simulation habitat, in which volunteers will live for a year at a time to test what life will be like on future missions to Earth’s neighbor.

Friday, March 24, 2023

NASA's Mars helicopter completes 48 flights on Mars

NASA's Mars helicopter

NASA's Mars helicopter has completed 48 flights on the Red Planet, according to the agency.

Thursday, December 22, 2022

NASA's InSight lander ends mission on Mars after losing contact

InSight lander

NASA's InSight lander has ended its mission after more than four years of collecting unique science on Mars, NASA announced on Wednesday.

Saturday, May 15, 2021

China's probe lands on Mars- China.org.cn

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The lander carrying China's first Mars rover has touched down on the red planet, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) confirmed on Saturday morning.

Thursday, April 22, 2021

El róver Perseverance de la NASA consigue extraer por primera vez oxígeno de la atmósfera de Marte - RT

El róver Perseverance de la NASA


El róver Perseverance de la NASA ha logrado convertir en oxígeno parte de la delgada atmósfera de Marte, rica en dióxido de carbono (CO2), comunicó este miércoles la agencia espacial estadounidense.

Saturday, March 06, 2021

NASA's Perseverance rover performs first drive on Mars - Global Times

Perseverance rover

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover performed its first drive on Mars on Thursday, covering 6.5 meters across the Martian landscape, said NASA on Friday.

Friday, June 08, 2018

NASA says its rover found organic substances on Mars

Curiosity rover
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found traces of organic substances on Mars, but their source is yet to be established, NASA experts said at a news conference broadcast live on the agency’s website.

Saturday, May 05, 2018

NASA launches Mars-bound spacecraft to study quakes

NASA launches Mars-bound spacecraft
NASA has launched its latest mission to Mars, with its first lander designed entirely for exploring the deep interior of the red planet having taken off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California this afternoon.

Friday, December 29, 2017

China to build Mars village in Qinghai Province

China to build Mars village
China is building a village simulating the environmental conditions on Mars, in northwest China's Qinghai Province.

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Trump signs directive sending US astronauts back to moon and eventually Mars

Trump signs directive
US President Donald Trump on Monday signed his administration's first space policy directive, formally directing the US space agency NASA to send astronauts back to the moon and eventually Mars.

Sunday, October 01, 2017

Large Solar Storm Sparks Global Aurora, Doubles Radiation Levels on Martian Surface

MAVEN Program
An unexpectedly strong blast from the Sun hit Mars this month, observed by NASA missions in orbit and on the surface.

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Indian Mars probe celebrates 1,000 days in orbit

The Indian Mars Orbiter Mission, also known as Mangalyaan, has completed 1,000 earth days in orbit around the Red Planet, exceeding all expectations of the low-cost mission, which was originally designed to last only six months.

Friday, October 21, 2016

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter finds Schiaparelli crash site

New images captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter appear to show where ESA's Schiaparelli lander crashed onto the Red Planet's surface.

Monday, October 17, 2016

ExoMars landing module separates from orbiter while approaching Red Planet

The Russian-European interplanetary station ExoMars has separated into the Schiaparelli landing demonstrator module and the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) as it approached the Red Planet, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Sunday.

Saturday, July 16, 2016

NASA says ready to build Mars 2020 rover

U.S. space agency NASA said Friday it's ready to begin final design and construction of its next Mars rover, which is set to look for evidence of past life on the Red Planet.

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Video: NASA Tests Mars Rocket Booster. Manned trips to Mars could start sometime in the 2030's

A powerful new rocket booster intended one day to take humans to Mars was successfully test fired Tuesday at a facility in Utah, NASA said.

Monday, June 27, 2016

Curiosity rover analysis suggests Mars has oxygen-rich history

Analysis of rocks and sand by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity suggests Mars was once much more like Earth than previously thought.

China enters new space era. New generation of rockets to boost space ambition

A re-entry module that was aboard the new Long March-7 rocket touched down successfully on Sunday afternoon in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The rocket blasted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in South China's Hainan Province on Saturday. Photo: CFP