Software upgrade for 19-year-old Martian water-spotter
The MARSIS instrument on ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, famous for its role in the discovery of signs of liquid water ...
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Chinese official says its Mars sample mission will beat NASA back to Earth
A senior Chinese space official said on Monday the country is on track to bring back rocks from the surface ...
NASA, Partners establish new research group for Mars Sample Return Program
Sixteen scientists from the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Japan have been chosen to help future samples from the Red Planet ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mars sleeps with one eye open
This scarred and colourful (by martian standards!) landscape shows part of Aonia Terra, an upland region in the southern highlands ...
Keeping Our Sense of Direction: Dealing With a Dead Sensor
As the season has turned to winter in Jezero Crater, conditions have become increasingly challenging for Ingenuity, which was designed ...
Bacterial cellulose enables microbial life on Mars
An international research team including the University of Gottingen has investigated the chances of survival of kombucha cultures under Mars-like ...