21 November 2018
Jezero Crater chosen as landing site for Mars 2020 mission
... north of the Martian equator. Western Isidis presents some of the oldest and most scientifically interesting landscapes Mars has to offer. Mission scientists believe the 45-kilometer (28-mile-wide) crater, once home to an ancient river delta...
12 November 2020
ESA and NASA to partner on Mars sample return mission
...Review Board set up to review the multi-year Mars missions. The Mars Sample Return campaign foresees NASA and ESA launching multiple... to Earth. NASA has released the report of a Mars Sample Return Independent Review Board, which it established to ...
November 2016
Emergency dental treatment on way to Mars
... and the assumed scenario for the replacement of a dental restoration is based on the fictional accident of an astronaut during a Mars mission. In 1972, Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke escaped injury after he accidentally fell over during the setup...
March 2017
Growing plastic-producing bacteria in space
... at the University of Copenhagen - has been used to simulate temperature fluctuations, UV exposure and the low pressure found on Mars. The essential question is, how can biotechnology support and benefit future space missions? To highlight that the...
20 May 2016
Evidence for massive Tsunamis found on Mars
... were perhaps conducive to sustaining life were prevalent on early Mars. "About 3.4 billion years ago, a big meteorite impact...could help keep the water liquid. ... If life existed on Mars, these icy tsunami lobes are very good candidates to search for...
01 April 2019
First independent confirmation of methane on Mars
... produced in landfill areas as things start to decay. On Mars, given how barren the planet’s surface is now, finding methane..., our data suggest that the presence of methane on Mars might be characterised by small, short emissions and transient events...
