15 December 2021
ExoMars discovers large amounts of hidden water in Mars’ Grand Canyon
... Malakhov, but for it be present in such large volumes, some special, as-yet-unknown mix of conditions must be present in Valles Marineris to preserve the water – or that it is somehow being replenished. At ten times longer and five times deeper than...
January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
... of water for the whole history of Mars would not have been sufficient to carve Valles Marineris. With a volume of 9.85 million cubic kilometres, Valles Marineris is the largest canyon on Mars.But if water was not capable of carving it out, what...
October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
The fiftieth anniversary of the first Moon landing has been a cause for celebration, admiration, nostalgia and much contemplation. How far could space exploration and industry have ‘travelled’ by now if the Apollo programme had not been cancelled, ...
27 July 2018
A pool of liquid water found under Mars' south pole
... geological features whose origin could be interpreted in numerous ways. Were the huge canyons and valleys, such as Valles Marineris that cut across large swathes of the surface, carved from water, tectonic or volcanic activity for example...
10 February 2021
Success for China as Tianwen-1 enters Mars' orbit
... on 5 February by the China National Space Administration showed geological features including the Schiaparelli crater and the Valles Marineris, one of the largest canyons of the Solar System, stretching a vast 4000 kilometres (2500 miles) long. And...
25 June 2021
China announces plans to build a base on Mars starting in 2033
In just over a decade, China plans to send its first crewed mission to Mars to start construction on a martian base, said Wang Xiaojun, head of the state-owned China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, at a recent space conference in Russia. ...
