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Six things you should know about NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

When NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida later this summer, an innovative experiment will ride along

Curiosity resumes Martian mountain climb as Nasa team runs rover from home

Amid coronavirus pandemic, scientists at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are executing commands from their living rooms to run a rover over 116 million km away, on Mars

Isro's Mangalyan sends images of Mars' biggest moon Phobos and its craters

'The Mars Colour Camera (MCC) on board the Mars Orbiter Mission has imaged Phobos,' Isro said in a statement

Musk's SpaceX developing floating spaceports to take humans to Moon, Mars

The floating spaceports would be accessed via tunnels dug under the water and Musk-owned The Boring Company would construct those

Why Mars Needs Leap Days, Too

Alien civilizations on other worlds would need much more awkward contortions to their calendars than we make here on Earth

Mars 2020 rover to seek ancient life, prepare for human missions: NASA

The rover has been constructed in a large, sterile room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, near Los Angeles, where its driving equipment was given its first successful test last week

Growing up in Space Age: We need a moonshot of the first footstep on Mars

Moonshot is necessary not because more flags need to be planted and more footsteps left behind on a distant world, but because of the need to inspire present and future generations

First evidence of ancient groundwater system found on Mars: Scientists

Last year European Space Agency's Mars Express mission detected a pool of liquid water beneath the planet's south pole

University of Central Florida has a product - Martian soil for $20 per kg

For creating the Martian and asteroid soil known as simulants, the researchers developed a scientifically based, standardised method

First lake of liquid water discovered on Mars, raises possibility of life

The lake, however, would not be drinkable, and lies almost 1.5 km beneath the icy surface in a harsh and frigid environment

Star gazers rejoice! Mars to come closest to Earth in 15 years next month

This year, Mars opposition will occur on July 27, according to NASA

Mars absorbed water on its surface like sponge: Study

Basalt rocks on Mars can hold approximately 25% more water than those on Earth

Flowing water in Mars? Study says features on red planet sand, not liquid

According to the scientists, water is unlikely to be produced only near the tops of slopes at these angles

How land features could have formed on Mars without much water

The questions we posed in our experiment were: how does the boiling affect transportation mechanisms?

Now take a walk on Mars using Google's virtual service

Google collaborated with NASA to produce Access Mars that lets users wander the actual dunes and valleys explored by Curiosity rover

Large solar storm sparks global aurora and doubles radiation levels on Mars

This event was big enough to be detected at Earth too, even though Earth was on the opposite side of the Sun from Mars

Mars soil is toxic! It can wipe out life: Study

The study has dealt a blow to the hopes of finding alien life on the red planet

Astronauts travelling to Mars have higher risk of cancer: Know why

This is due to exposure to cosmic rays outside the protection of Earth's magnetic field

Moon to be developed as a base camp for Mars missions

Moon to be at the centre of efforts to create a permanent, independent space-faring society.

NASA's 'Journey to Mars' missions face delays due to budget challenges

A report by NASA's Office of Inspector General cited technical as well as budget challenges