NASA Mars mission begins a new chapter of science with a new leader
Dr. Shannon Curry, planetary scientist and the deputy assistant director of planetary science at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at...
China launches Gaofen environmental monitoring satellite
A Chinese Long March 4C rocket lifts off with the Gaofen 5-02 remote sensing satellite. Credit: CASC China launched an...
Mars: Perseverance rover takes a sample, Ingenuity notches 13th flight
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has drilled and encapsulated the first rock sample ever taken on another planet, while the accompanying...
China develops prototype Mars helicopter
The newly developed and recently unveiled prototype miniature helicopter drone, a possible means to support China's Mars missions, is designed...
Buttes on Mars may serve as radiation shelters
Mars has a "bad reputation" for its high exposure to radiation and it has neither a magnetic field nor a...