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 ...
04 August 2016
Experts to Discuss Mars Sample Return at IAC 2016
... Scientist, NASA, Mr. David Parker, Director of Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration, ESA, Mr. Charles Whetsel, Manager of Mars Program Formulation Office, NASA JPL, Mr. Masaki Fujimoto, Director, Department of Solar Systems Sciences, JAXA, and...
26 April 2021
Ingenuity makes its third flight on Mars
...25 April, 2021 than in any tests it went through on Earth. The helicopter took off at 1:31 am EDT (05:31 am GMT), or 12:33 pm local Mars time, rising 5 metres (16 feet) – the same altitude as its second flight. Then it zipped downrange 50 metres (164...
November 2016
Rosetta - an eventful cruise phase
...mission. It was February 2007 when we finally arrived at Mars. Preparation work for this phase had been very complex ...achieved on the long journey to the target comet! As predicted, Mars had deflected our trajectory back to Earth, which we reached in ...
19 March 2018
An early start for Mars's oceans?
... making it top heavy, so to speak and in doing so, shifted Mars’s pole of rotation at the same time. If this happened, the ...lifted up. For this to be case though, it means that Mars’s ocean formed much earlier than thought; one shoreline known as ...
