Mars
Mars’ Misty Mountains
[/caption] Looking like Mars' version of Land of the Lost, these two mist-capped volcanoes are located in the Tharsis region…
NASAs First Orion Capsule and New Space Operations Center Unveiled
[/caption] The inaugural version of NASA’s new Orion human space exploration capsule was unveiled by Lockheed Martin at the company’s…
Opportunity Rover Completes Exploration of fascinating Santa Maria Crater
[/caption] NASA’s long lived Opportunity Mars rover has completed a three month long exploration of Santa Maria crater along the…
Curiosity Rover Testing in Harsh Mars-like Environment
[/caption] NASA’s next Mars rover, named Curiosity, is now undergoing crucial tests that are designed to simulate the harsh environmental…
Hopes Dim for Contacting Spirit Rover
[/caption] Still no response from Spirit, the Mars Exploration Rover that became stuck in a sand trap on the Red…
New Color Image Shows Opportunity Rover from Orbit
[/caption] Another great shot by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: this one of the Opportunity rover sitting…
Vast Areas of Low Latitude Subsurface Ice Found on Mars
[/caption] There could be more subsurface ice on Mars than previously thought, and vast stretches of it may lie just…
From Mars with Love on Valentines Day
[/caption] Happy Valentine’s Day from Mars to all the readers of Universe Today ! Well it’s truly a solar system…
Active Changes Occuring in Mars’ Northern Hemisphere
[/caption] Mars, it is a-changin’, and more than scientists expected. Several series of before-and-after images taken by the HiRISE camera…
Simulated Mars Mission Arrives in Simulated Orbit
[/caption] Six men from Europe, Russia and China on a 520-day mock mission to Mars, have now reached the point…