Mars

Stunning Conjunction of Mars and Beta Scorpii This Week

Sneaky Mars creeps up on bright Graffias in Scorpius for a very close conjunction Wednesday morning. Even better, the star…

9 years ago

ExoMars Spacecraft Launches to Red Planet Searching for Signs of Life

The joint European/Russian ExoMars spacecraft successfully launched early this morning from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan atop a Proton-M rocket…

9 years ago

Countdown Begins for Blastoff of ExoMars 2016 Spacecraft on March 14 – Watch Live

The countdown has begun for blastoff of the ambitious European/Russian ExoMars 2016 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on…

9 years ago

NASA Test Fires SLS Flight Engine Destined to Launch Astronauts Back to the Moon

NASA engineers have successfully test fired the first flight engine destined to power the agency’s mammoth new SLS rocket that…

9 years ago

Comet Created Chaos In Mars’ Magnetic Field

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft captured the chaotic rendezvous between Mars and comet Siding Spring in 2014.

9 years ago

InSight Mars Lander Saved from Termination, Reset to 2018 Blastoff

The Insight Mars lander has been saved from mission termination and will live to launch another day two years from…

9 years ago

MRO: Ten Years Of Breathtaking Work Above Mars

Hooray for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter! Ten years of ground-breaking science (and eye candy.)

9 years ago

First Tomatoes, Peas Harvested From Simulated Martian Soil

Martian colonists will need to grow their own food, and researchers in Netherlands are trying to understand how suitable Martian…

9 years ago

ExoMars 2016 Spacecraft Encapsulated for Red Planet Launch in One Week

Final launch preparations are now in full swing for the ambitious European/Russian ExoMars 2016 spacecraft which has been encapsulated inside…

9 years ago

India’s MOM Publishes Amazing Mars Images

Science—like literature and the arts—helps nations cooperate together, even when they're in conflict politically. The USA and Russia are in…

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