Mars
Mars Express Arrives But No Word From Beagle 2
Image credit: Beagle 2 The European Space Agency confirmed that Mars Express has arrived safely at the Red Planet, ending…
Rover Cameras Will Be Like Human Vision on Mars
Image credit: NASA/JPL The mast-mounted cameras on board the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, will provide the best view…
Rovers Will Dig Trenches with Their Wheels
Image credit: NASA/JPL Scientists are always looking for more ways to cram scientific instruments into spacecraft, and they've come up…
Is Mars Coming Out of An Ice Age?
Image credit: NASA/JPL Data gathered by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey spacecraft show evidence that the Red Planet…
Mars Express Needs to Aim Carefully
Image credit: ESA Mars Express has got just one chance to get this right. In two days the Beagle 2…
Landers May Be at Risk From a Dust Storm
Engineers are worried that a new dust storm on Mars might put the three landers at risk when they arrive…
Mars Gets an X-Ray
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton X-Ray Observatory took this recent image of Mars in the x-ray spectrum.…
Nozomi Has Failed
Image credit: JAXA The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has reportedly given up their efforts to have their Mars-bound spacecraft…
Mars Express Has Nearly Arrived
After traveling for more than 400 million kilometres, the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft has nearly arrived at the…
The Gamble of Getting to Mars
Image credit: NASA/JPL The odds aren't great. For every three missions sent to Mars, two fail. With NASA's twin rovers,…