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Ancient fresh water lake on Mars could have sustained life

Dec 13, 2013 (SPX)

Scientists have found evidence that there was once an ancient lake on Mars that may have been able to support life, in research published in the journal Science...

Mars One Selects Lockheed Martin to Study First Private Unmanned Mission to Mars

Dec 13, 2013 (SPX)

Mars One has selected Lockheed Martin to develop a mission concept study for its Mars lander spacecraft. The lander will be based on the successful 2007 NASA Ph...

NASA Curiosity: First Mars Age Measurement and Human Exploration Help

Dec 13, 2013 (JPL)

NASA's Curiosity rover is providing vital insight about Mars' past and current environments that will aid plans for future robotic and human missions. In a litt...

MRO Reveals A More Dynamic Red Planet

Dec 11, 2013 (JPL)

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed to scientists slender dark markings -- possibly due to salty water - that advance seasonally down slopes surpris...

Mars One spaceflight project 'can succeed'

Dec 11, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

A permanent human colony may be established on Mars in the nearest future. Under the Mars One spaceflight project first four Martians are expected to land on th...

Opportunity ascending Solander Point at rim of Endeavour Crater

Dec 10, 2013 (JPL)

The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. In place for the long Thanksgiving Holiday, Opportunity conducted some in-sit...

One-way ticket to Mars: space colonists wanted!

Dec 10, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

Bas Lansdorp, the founder of Mars One colony project, believes that in about a decade from now a colony of people from the Earth will appear on Mars. Experts co...

Bid to colonize Mars wins high-profile backing

Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)

A Dutch entrepreneur's bold quest to colonize Mars won high-profile support Tuesday from a US aerospace giant, although the timetable for putting humans on the ...

Rover results include first age and radiation measurements on Mars

Dec 09, 2013 (UPI)

The U.S. space rover Curiosity is providing critical information about Mars' past and present to help plan future missions, NASA officials said. In a little mor...

Mars lake may have been friendly to microbes: NASA

Dec 09, 2013 (AFP)

A US space agency rover tooling around on the surface of Mars has found remnants of an ancient freshwater lake that may have supported tiny life forms, scientis...

Martian Laser Surpasses 100,000 Zaps

Dec 07, 2013 (SPX)

The ChemCam laser instrument aboard NASA's Curiosity rover fired its 100,000th shot recently, chronicling its adventures on Mars with a coffee-table-book's wort...

Mangalyaan Reaches First Distance Milestone On Route To Mars

Dec 07, 2013 (SPX)

Indian's first Mars Orbiter Mission - Mangalyaan - might be a long way from its target, but it has already gone further than any spacecraft India has previously...

Opportunity Rover Robotic Arm Within Reach of Rock Outcrop

Dec 05, 2013 (JPL)

Opportunity is ascending 'Solander Point' at the rim of 'Endeavour Crater.' The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. O...

MAVEN Performs First Trajectory Correction Maneuver

Dec 05, 2013 (JPL)

MAVEN mission controllers performed a successful trajectory correction maneuver, also known as a TCM. Post-maneuver data review shows that TCM-1 went according ...

ExoMars program marks critical milestone for ESA and Russia

Dec 04, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

Cooperation with Russia comprises practically all areas of the European Space Agency's (ESA) space activities. Several months ago the ESA and Russian federal sp...

Deep Space Perils For Indian Spacecraft

Dec 01, 2013 (SPX)

There's no turning back. India's Mars Orbiter Mission has left Earth orbit and is heading for the red planet. After a flourish of media coverage before and shor...

Curiosity Resumes Science After Analysis of Voltage Issue

Nov 27, 2013 (JPL)

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed full science operations on Saturday, Nov. 23. Activities over the weekend included use of Curiosity's robotic arm to deliver...

Unusual greenhouse gases may have raised ancient Martian temperature

Nov 25, 2013 (SPX)

Much like the Grand Canyon, Nanedi Valles snakes across the Martian surface suggesting that liquid water once crossed the landscape, according to a team of rese...

Winter Means Less Power for Solar Panels

Nov 25, 2013 (JPL)

Opportunity is ascending 'Solander Point' at the rim of 'Endeavour Crater.' The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. O...

Billionaire eyes private Mars mission in 2017

Nov 25, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

Billionaire Dennis Tito has revealed his scheme for dispatching two astronauts to the red planet as early as December 2017, saying that 'rare alignments' of pla...