Russian Actions Make European ExoMars 2022 Mission Launch “Very Unlikely”
1 Mar 2022, 13:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency (ESA) said this week it's very unlikely for the ExoMars mission, meant to send the continent's first rover to Mars, to launch in 2022
NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Nails Flight 20 on Mars
28 Feb 2022, 17:18 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's Ingenuity had successfully completed Flight 20 on Mars. Now, the little chopper is closer to the Perseverance's landing spot
This Asteroid Made Quite a Splash on Mars, Visible From Space
27 Feb 2022, 03:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE image captured in 2009 shows a small impact crater on Mars, complete with what scientists call cemented fine materials
That’s Not Water You See Flowing on Mars, But a Pretty Close Visual Approximation
26 Feb 2022, 02:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image taken by the HiRISE camera, ran through filters, seems to show a vivid blue river snaking its way on the surface of Mars
Airbus Spacecraft Will Use the Sun's Power to Bring Home Chunks of Another Planet
22 Feb 2022, 17:22 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / In 2026, an Airbus-built spacecraft called the Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) will use the Sun's power to bring the first samples from Mars back to Earth
This Purely Martian Location Was Considered as Landing Site for Curiosity, Lost to Gale
22 Feb 2022, 12:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This area in the Mawrth Vallis region of Mars was considered as a potential landing spot for the Curiosity rover at the beginning of the 2010s
Chaotic Features Put On the Ultimate Visual Show on Mars
20 Feb 2022, 03:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image of the Melas Chasma region of Mars shows massive and chaotic features made up of sulfates, clays, or some other hydrated materials
Martian Squishy Impact Crater Looks Like a Rose Frozen in Rock, Holds Some Mysteries
19 Feb 2022, 03:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image sent back by the HiRISE camera shows an impact crater with most of the ejecta vaporized, looks like a rose seen from above
NASA Perseverance Rover Celebrates Its First Year on Mars Today
18 Feb 2022, 16:47 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On February 18th, 2021, Perseverance touched the Marian soil for the first time. A year has passed and the rover continues to unlock mysteries of the Red Planet
NASA Gives Lockheed Martin $230 Million to Bring Samples of Mars to Earth
16 Feb 2022, 12:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA trusts Lockheed Martin with making some of the most important pieces of hardware for the Mars Sample Return mission
Wild Dust Devils Scour Mars' Surface, Leave Scratch-Like Marks
14 Feb 2022, 00:59 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Dust devils are much bigger on Mars. They can rise up to five miles and leave behind wispy trails that can stretch out for several miles
This Must Be the Most Beautiful Impact Crater in the Solar System
11 Feb 2022, 13:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image taken by the HiRISE camera shows an impact crater in the Phlegra Montes region of Mars, one of the most balanced we've ever seen
Official SpaceX Animation Shows Starship Reaching Mars, Finds a Human Colony There
11 Feb 2022, 08:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX releases a new video showing the launch of the Starship, but also its arrival at the ultimate destination, planet Mars
Replica of Earth’s Continents as Seen on Maps Found as Small Features on Mars
10 Feb 2022, 09:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image sent back by the HiRISE camera shows small formations on the surface of Mars that from a certain angle looks like a replica of Earth's maps
Surface Ridges on Mars Look Like Fossils of Alien Creatures
9 Feb 2022, 03:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Older HiRISE image of the Martian surface shows ridges near the Vernal crater that look like the skeleton of some long dead alien creature
NASA Ingenuity Helicopter Proves That Nothing Can Stop It, Aces Flight 19 on Mars
8 Feb 2022, 23:25 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Ingenuity's first flight of 2022 had to be delayed due to a big dust storm. But now, after more than a month, the helicoper spun its blades once again
Lockheed Martin to Build Rocket That Will Carry the First Pieces of Mars Back to Earth
8 Feb 2022, 14:43 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA awarded Lockheed Martin a $194 million contract to design and develop the MAV, a small rocket set to carry the first samples back to Earth
Crooked Alien Smiley Face Is a Real Feature on Mars, NASA Has Another Weird Name For It
7 Feb 2022, 13:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image sent back by the HiRISE camera shows Swiss cheese terrain at the Martian South Pole, one of the features may or may not look like a smile face
This Speck of Darkness on Mars Wears the Mark of Dust Devils
6 Feb 2022, 03:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sand dune on Mars looks dark because it is made of the remnants of volcanic dark basalt rocks, it's shape shifting under the power of the wind
Dark Spiders on the Surface of Mars Rise From Underneath, Are Not Actually Creatures
5 Feb 2022, 03:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE image from the Martian South Pole shows a butte and the remnants of carbon dioxide ice that made it to the surface