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...
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...
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...
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...