09 August 2021
Problem for Perseverance's first Mars sampling attempt
... data show a successful drill hole, but no sample in the tube–something we’ve never seen in testing on Earth,” the Mars rover Twitter account said. To extract samples, a process which is autonomous from beginning to end, Perseverance uses a hollow...
29 July 2020
Mars 2020 mission, Perseverance rover 'go for launch,' says NASA
... landed missions, which established that the dry, cold Mars we see today was much warmer and wetter billions...mission to the Red Planet this month. China launched its mission to Mars last week named Tianwen-1 ("Questions to Heaven"). If China's mission...
17 May 2021
China's Zhurong rover touches down on Mars
...of Utopia Planitia, a vast plain on the northern hemisphere of Mars, at 7:18 am (Beijing Time), the China National Space Administration... letter was read. The touchdown of Tianwen 1 on Mars was the latest example of China's rapidly expanding presence ...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... himself called it a “critical achievement” for the humankind’s future in space, citing it as a first step towards the colonisation of Mars. Similarly, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin was the first to succeed in landing a complete rocket back in 2015. Bezos...
27 May 2016
Scientists reveal Mars is emerging from an ice age
... about 400,000 years ago. Models have suggested that Mars has undergone ice ages in the past, but observations ...Institute in Tucson, Arizona. The retreat and regrowth of polar ice on Mars is due to the increased tilt of the planet. As poles become ...
23 June 2016
Newly found mineral on Mars hints at explosive volcanism
... cover vast areas called flood basalt provinces, but on Mars, tridymite was not thought to be important or even present..."I always tell fellow planetary scientists to expect the unexpected on Mars," said Doug Ming, ARES chief scientist at Johnson and ...
