NASA says goodbye to Opportunity, the Mars rover that bit the dust after 15 years
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
Mars Exploration
3 more Mars landers planned to follow NASA’s InSight in 2 years
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
Quebec scientists preparing medical database for astronauts heading to Mars
By Raquel Fletcher Quebec City Correspondent
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
Concordia team uses gravity-simulating plane for rover breakthroughs on Mars
By Billy Shields Photojournalist
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
Trump directs NASA to send Americans to the Moon, lay foundations for Mars mission
“This time we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint.” Continue reading
NASA and Russia team up to build space station near the moon
The announcement is part of a project NASA unveiled earlier this year, dubbed “Deep-Space Gateway.” Continue reading
Mars’ toxic surface could force scientists to search for life underground
In their research paper, Wadsworth and Cockell refer to the surface of Mars as hostile or “inimical to life.” Continue reading
Mars lander likely lost after thrusters cut off earlier than expected during descent
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
Roaming around Mars: NASA celebrates 10 years on the red planet
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