October 2015
How to 3D-print a habitat on Mars
... Challenge, which is open to entrants from across the globe. Teams put forward an architectural concept for a 3D-printed Mars base, with the aim of fostering the development of technologies necessary to additively manufacture a habitat using ISRU and...
11 November 2016
Beagle 2 Mars probe came close to success
... taken by the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. According to lead digital design... dust devils were cleaning the panels - as happened with Nasa's Mars Exploration Rovers," he said. "One possibility is that it could...
26 November 2018
Success for InSight as it performs a flawless landing on Mars
...Division in NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "It's taken more than a decade to bring InSight from a concept to a spacecraft approaching Mars - and even longer since I was first inspired to try to undertake this kind of mission," said Bruce Banerdt...
09 March 2020
Organic molecules found on Mars could be consistent with early life, says study
...be consistent with the presence of early life on Mars, says astrobiologist Dirk Schulze‑Makuch at Washington State University... conceivable pathways that allowed the thiophenes to form on Mars. Thiophenes consist of four carbon atoms, four hydrogen ...
29 July 2020
Puzzling new gas signatures found on Mars
... scientists to build a more detailed view of ozone’s role in the planet’s climate. “Ozone and CO2 are important in Mars’ atmosphere. By not accounting for these gases properly, we run the risk of mischaracterising the phenomena or properties we see...
26 April 2021
Microbes could potentially live beneath Mars' surface, new study suggests
..., meaning that these tiny microorganisms could be present on Mars right now. Lurking deep underground in caves on our ...subsurface exploration science is that wherever you have groundwater on Mars, there's a good chance that you have enough chemical ...
