Mars
HiRISE Drops 1,000 Stunning New Mars Images For Your Viewing Pleasure
We frequently call the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter "our favorite camera" and for good reason. HiRISE,…
NASA Estimates SpaceX 2018 Mars Mission Will Cost Only $300 Million
The SpaceX mission to Mars in 2018 will cost the company a cool $300 million, according to estimates presented at…
NASA Welds Together 1st SLS Hydrogen Test Tank for America’s Moon/Mars Rocket – Flight Unit in Progress
MICHOUD ASSEMBLY FACILITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA - NASA has just finished welding together the very first fuel tank for America’s…
Viking: Remembering Humanity’s First Successful Mission On Mars Surface
We toast the 40th anniversary of the dual Viking missions to Mars this week. Time to celebrate an achievement that…
ROCKY Exercise Device Will Help Keep Deep Space A Fit Place
As part of their Journey to Mars, NASA has unveiled the compact exercise system its astronauts will use to stay…
We’re Finally Sending Ears to Mars
Get ready to tune in the Red Planet on your earbuds. NASA recently announced that it would include a microphone…
NASA Approves New Horizons Extended KBO Mission, Keeps Dawn at Ceres
In an ‘Independence Day’ gift to a slew of US planetary research scientists, NASA has granted approval to nine ongoing…
Curiosity Finds Ancient Mars Likely Had More Oxygen and Was More Hospitable to Life
New chemical science findings from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity indicate that ancient Mars likely had a higher abundance of molecular…
Good News, Martian Colonists Can Eat All the Radishes They Want
Based on recent experiments led by a Dutch research team and MarsOne, we now know which crops can be grown…
HiRISE Captures Curiosity on the Naukluft Plateau
Orbital images of Mars can provide useful information on the changing nature of the Martian surface. And eye candy too!