ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightNASA’s Perseverance Rover Sets New Speed Records on MarsAn impressive trek through a dense boulder field is the latest in a growing list of accomplishments for the…ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedSeptember 26, 2023
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightNASA's Plan to Return Samples From Mars Is Pure Science Fiction, Report FindsNASA's complex plan to return rocky samples from the Red Planet has faced scrutiny for increasing cost and delays.ByPassant RabiePublishedSeptember 22, 2023Comments (15)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceMOXIE, NASA’s Oxygen-Producing Experiment on Mars, Ends OperationsThe project was designed to showcase on-site resource use on the Red Planet—and it did just that.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedSeptember 9, 2023Comments (14)
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightHow Many People Does It Take to Start a Colony on Mars?Scientists estimate just two dozen pleasant people could be the minimum number of astronauts it could take to build…ByPassant RabiePublishedAugust 21, 2023Comments (61)
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightNASA Tests the First Rocket to Launch From the Surface of Another PlanetThe Mars Ascent Vehicle will bring back samples from the Red Planet that are currently being collected by the…ByPassant RabiePublishedAugust 14, 2023Comments (6)
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightNASA's Mars Helicopter Just Won't Quit, Resuming Flights After an Untimely LandingPreviously, the Ingenuity helicopter ended its 53rd flight early due to an apparent glitch with its navigation…ByPassant RabiePublishedAugust 9, 2023Comments (10)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceNASA's InSight Detects Shorter Martian Days With Steadily Increasing SpinData from the now-retired lander also reveals that the Red Planet wobbles due to its molten core.ByKevin HurlerPublishedAugust 8, 2023Comments (3)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceNASA Rover's Newest Rock Sample Is a Gift From an Ancient Martian RiverThe six-wheeled Perseverance explorer just packed its 20th sample from the Red Planet, which will hopefully be…ByPassant RabiePublishedJuly 20, 2023Comments (3)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceNASA's Perseverance Rover: Its Path to Finding Organics on MarsIt was a banner week for NASA's Perseverance. Let's rove down memory lane to fully appreciate the rover's current…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 15, 2023Comments (2)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceNASA's Perseverance Rover Finds Preserved Organic Molecules on MarsIt's not preserved matter from biological organisms, but the discovery is a boost to the rover's mission: finding…ByIsaac SchultzUpdatedJuly 12, 2023Comments (51)
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightEvidence of Changing Winds on Mars Points to a Major Transformation 400,000 Years AgoMars may have witnessed a major shift in climate thousands of years ago, marking the end of the planet’s most recent…ByPassant RabiePublishedJuly 10, 2023Comments (1)
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightMeet the Scientists Working to Prevent Interplanetary ContaminationAs the search for life elsewhere in our solar system intensifies, so does the need to keep space exploration safe…ByAthena Coustenis, Niklas Hedman, Peter Doran, Frontiers Science NewsPublishedJuly 5, 2023
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightYou Up? Mars Helicopter Finally Makes Contact After Two Months of SilenceA hilly terrain on Mars stood between Ingenuity and Perseverance, interrupting their communication for over 60 days.ByPassant RabiePublishedJuly 3, 2023Comments (26)
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightD'oh: NASA's Perseverance Rover Finds an Other Worldly Treat on MarsThe intrepid rover found a donut-shaped rock that may be a meteorite which landed on Mars.ByPassant RabiePublishedJune 28, 2023Comments (19)
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightMars Looks Gorgeous in New Images Taken by NASA's MAVEN SpacecraftThe red planet donned a new color when captured in ultraviolet wavelengths.ByPassant RabiePublishedJune 24, 2023Comments (4)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceCheck Out the Curiosity Rover’s Colorized Panoramic Postcard From MarsThe Mars rover’s shot of Marker Band Valley is given a colorful makeover in the new image.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJune 14, 2023
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightCasper, Scooby-Doo and Yogi Rock: How NASA's Naming System for Martian Landscape Evolved Over TimeLarge features across Mars' terrain get official names, while mission teams get to choose silly nicknames for rocks,…ByPassant RabiePublishedJune 9, 2023Comments (4)
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightTime-Lapse Shows First-Ever Livestream From MarsRain in Spain caused a disruption during last week's transmission, in which Europe's Mars Express Orbiter beamed…ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedJune 7, 2023Comments (2)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceSweeping Mosaic Map of Mars Released to Celebrate Anniversary of Orbiter LaunchNow 20 years since its launch, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has a new Martian map.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJune 2, 2023
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightHow to Watch the First-Ever Livestream Beamed Down From MarsThe European Space Agency will livestream an hour of Martian imagery from its orbiter, allowing us to see Mars like…ByPassant RabiePublishedJune 1, 2023Comments (2)