03 August 2018
Space activity at Farnborough FIA 2018
... a year on the Martian surface drilling two metres into the soil, to seek out possible past or current microbial life in the subsurface soil. The UK, which is building the rover at the Airbus factory in Stevenage, won the naming...
20 January 2021
"Mole" on NASA's InSight mission to dig no more
... need to dig through soil to access water ice, while scientists want to study the subsurface’s potential to support microbial life. “We are so proud of our team who worked hard to get InSight’s mole deeper into the planet. It was...
23 April 2021
Mars rover instrument, MOXIE, extracts first oxygen from Red Planet
... with hydrogen, water.” A key objective of Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human...
