ESA and NASA take decisions and plan for the future
The next steps in exploring and using space for the benefit of European citizens were this week on the agenda ...
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Three years of Marsquake measurements
The InSight mission on Mars is running out of power and most of its functions could be shut down in ...
The Aonia Terra region of Mars in colour
Mars, Earth's neighbouring planet, is not particularly known for its colourful appearance. It is usually thought of as an orange-brown ...
How Perseverance averts collisions and zaps
Perseverance has a number of moving parts, including the robotic arm, drill, mast, instrument covers, high gain antenna, and mobility ...
Women in space analogues demonstrate more sustainable leadership
A new study based on Mars Desert Research Station commanders' reports reveals differences in female and male leadership behaviour. Although ...
Mars is all shook up
Recently, 47 new 'marsquakes' (that is, quakes on Mars) have been detected by Professor Hrvoje Tkalcic from the Australian National ...
Perseverance Has a Pet Rock!
How do you choose a rock on Mars? Sometimes you don't- it chooses you. For the past 4 months, Perseverance ...
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft resumes science and operations, exits safe mode
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission returned to normal science and relay operations on May 28, 2022, ...
Perseverance studies the devil winds of Jezero Crater
During its first couple hundred days in Jezero Crater, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover saw some of the most intense dust ...
Perseverance now selects its own targets to zap
Perseverance has continued into Hawksbill Gap, making remote sensing observations of small portions of outcropping rock layers in search of ...