Data collected by NASA and ESA probes orbiting the red planet provide the first geological evidence for an ancient Martian groundwater system, according to researchers. Continue reading
Opportunity was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, was pronounced dead 15 years after it landed on the red planet. Continue reading
InSight — the eighth successful Martian lander — should be wrapping up two years of digging and quake monitoring by the time rovers arrive from the U.S., Europe and China. Continue reading
It might be another decade before human beings touch down on the our neighbouring planet, but Canadian researchers are helping to get things off the ground. Continue reading
A team at Concordia University has recently completed a series of tests it hopes will help the next Mars rover mission succeed where others have failed. Continue reading
“This time we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint.” Continue reading
The announcement is part of a project NASA unveiled earlier this year, dubbed “Deep-Space Gateway.” Continue reading
In their research paper, Wadsworth and Cockell refer to the surface of Mars as hostile or “inimical to life.” Continue reading
Scientists at the European Space Agency downplayed the likely loss of its Mars lander, saying Thursday that a wealth of data sent back by the experimental probe would help them prepare for a future mission to the red planet. Continue reading
It’s been 10 years since the workhorses Spirit and Opportunity began to trundle along the Martian surface — that’s more than 9.5 years past their predicted lifespan. Continue reading