NASA awards contract for first rocket to launch from another planet
NASA has started the early processes of constructing a $194 million small rocket that will launch from Mars, which will ...
Tag: Red Planet
How easy is it to turn water into oxygen on Mars
Scientists at The University of Manchester and The University of Glasgow have today provided more insight into the possibility of ...
NASA selects developer for rocket to retrieve first samples from Mars
NASA has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Space of Littleton, Colorado, to build the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), a ...
Lockheed Martin wins NASA contract to bring Mars samples back to Earth
Lockheed Martin's space division has won a NASA contract to build the rocket that will return the first Mars rock ...
Shocked zircon find a 'one-off gift' from Mars
Curtin University researchers studying a Martian meteorite have found the first evidence of high-intensity damage caused by asteroid impact, in ...
NASA-Funded Study Extends Period When Mars Could Have Supported Life
The surface of Mars is barren and inhospitable, but perhaps it wasn't always that way. Billions of years ago, when ...
China's Mars orbiter sends back selfie video on Lunar New Year eve
China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 extended festival greetings to the Chinese people with stunning video footage captured by a camera on ...
Crater tree rings
This feature could easily be mistaken for a tree stump with characteristic concentric rings. It's actually an impressive birds-eye view ...
Out of Pebble Purgatory
The final two pebbles hitching a ride aboard our rover's bit carousel are gone but not forgotten. I'll give you ...
Island in a lake of lava – the Martian volcano Jovis Tholus
These images, created using data acquired by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express orbiter, show ...