Mars

The experiment that simulates Mars habitat may put humans on track to be an interplanetary species

"It was the first time sun rays have been so clearly viewed on Mars," according to the mission officials

The US space agency has announced a science mission to Mars aboard Jeff Bezos-run Blue Origin's New Glenn space launch vehicle

NASA's InSight lander has captured a stunning meteoroid impact on Mars that occurred last year. Boulder-size blocks of water ice can be seen around the rim of an impact crater

An international team of researchers has found new evidence for the possible existence of liquid water beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars. The results, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, provide the first independent line of evidence, using data other than radar, that there is liquid water beneath Mars' south pole. The researchers, led by the University of Cambridge with involvement from the University of Sheffield, used spacecraft laser-altimeter measurements of the shape of the upper surface of the ice cap to identify subtle patterns in its height. They then showed that these patterns match computer model predictions for how a body of water beneath the ice cap would affect the surface. Their results are in agreement with earlier ice-penetrating radar measurements that were originally interpreted to show a potential area of liquid water beneath the ice. There has been debate over the liquid water interpretation from the radar data alone, with some studies suggesting

The orbiter, called Mangalyaan in Sanskrit, made India only the fourth nation to reach the distant planet; it garnered global attention primarily for its shoestring budget

India's Mars Orbiter craft has run out of propellant and its battery drained beyond the safe limit, fuelling speculation that the country's maiden interplanetary mission 'Mangalyaan' may have finally completed its long innings. The Rs 450 crore Mars Orbiter Mission was launched onboard PSLV-C25 on November five, 2013, and the MOM spacecraft was successfully inserted into Martian orbit on September 24, 2014 in its first attempt. "Right now, there is no fuel left. The satellite battery has drained," sources in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) told PTI. "The link has been lost". There was, however, no official word from the country's national space agency, headquartered here. With fuel on board, ISRO had been performing orbital manoeuvres on MOM spacecraft to take it to a new orbit to avoid an impending eclipse in the past. "But recently there were back-to-back eclipses including one that lasted seven-and-half hours," officials said on condition of anonymity, noting that

NASA had to scrub two launch attempts as the rocket experienced technical glitches, including a fuel leak

Parked near the moon, how do they eat, breathe, cope with isolation, radiation?

NASA has laser marked graffiti on Martian rocks to identify rock samples that will be brought to Earth for study

The Insight lander is losing power because of all the dust on its solar panels.

NASA's Perseverance rover has grabbed one more sample from Mars, taking the total number of collection to seven.

Following a huge growth in his personal fortune, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has renewed his promise to "extend life to Mars".

A vast technological gap is opening up as humans race to colonise the solar system

NASA's newest six-wheeled robot on Mars, the Perseverance rover, is beginning an epic journey across a crater floor seeking signs of ancient life, the US space agency announced on Thursday

Nasa is the only agency that had managed this prior to Zhurong. The lander is completely autonomous and cannot even be monitored in anything approaching real time.

The growing list of "firsts" for Perseverance, NASA's newest six-wheeled robot on the Martian surface, includes converting some of the Red Planet's thin, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere into oxygen

Test flight on Mars will have wider benefits

NASA's experimental Mars helicopter Ingenuity has achieved the first powered, controlled flight on another planet

National Aeronautics Space Administration newest Mars rover has sent back recordings of - bangs, pings and rattles- the first-ever sounds of driving on Mars