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30 May 2021

NASA's Curiosity Rover captures shining clouds on Mars, check details

The atmosphere on Mars is usually thin, dry and cloudy days are rare Clouds are typically found at the planet`s equator in the coldest time of year Scientists noticed clouds forming over the Curiosity rover earlier than expected, one full Martian year ago - two Earth years

05 Apr 2021

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter touches down on Red Planet

The gravity on Mars, notably, is one-third of the Blue Planet and the atmosphere is just 1% dense in comparison to the Earth. Another challenging aspect of the journey would be the temperature as it drops to minus 90 degree Celsius during the night on Mars.

02 Apr 2021

NASA delays first flight of Mars helicopter

The Red Planet has significant gravity (about one-third that of Earth’s), but its atmosphere is just 1 percent as dense as Earth’s at the surface. To fit within the available accommodations provided by the Perseverance rover, the Ingenuity helicopter must be small. To fly in the Mars environment, it must be lightweight.

23 Feb 2021

DNA: Is there a possibility of life on Mars?

US Space Agency NASA shared a video of the latest footage of Mars on social media. This video was recently sent from Mars by NASA's Perseverance rover. In this video, the Perseverance rover captured every moment of landing on the red planet with the help of a parachute.

15 Jan 2021

Mars digger bites the dust after 2 years on red planet

NASA has declared the Mars digger dead after failing to burrow deep into the red planet to take its temperature. It was supposed to bury 16 feet (5 metres) into Mars, but only drilled down a couple of feet (about a half metre).

23 Jun 2020

'Alien Warrior Figure' spotted on Mars in NASA image by UFO hunter

The Taiwan-based UFO enthusiast is reportedly known for frequently analysing NASA photos and Google maps images in his search for aliens.

06 Mar 2020

NASA releases spectacular high-resolution panorama images of Mars

"While many on our team were at home enjoying turkey, Curiosity produced this feast for the eyes," said Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity's project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which leads the Curiosity rover mission.

31 Jul 2018

Mars closest to Earth in 15 years, watch it live on your mobile phone

In October 2020, such a phenomenon will again take place.

26 Jul 2018

Aliens on Mars? Liquid lake discovered on the Red Planet

The researchers said it could take years to verify whether something is actually living in this body of water that resembles a subglacial lake on Earth.

18 Jun 2018

Mars to come closest to Earth in 15 years, next month

Perihelic opposition will occur on July 27 and bring Mars closest to Earth.

08 Jun 2018

Is there life on Mars? NASA finds curious new pointers

Data from NASA's Curiosity rover reveal that billions of years ago, a water lake inside a crater held all the ingredients necessary for life

11 Apr 2018

NASA to send its first-ever mission to study Mars' deep interior on May 5

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is all set to launch its first-ever such mission to Mars to study its deep interior and find traces of how it was formed.

02 Apr 2018

Mars parachute sent high up in key NASA test

A supersonic parachute designed for future missions to Mars has undergone a successful test in which it was sent very high up in the sky in a rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

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30 Mar 2018

NASA set to launch its first-ever mission to study Mars' deep interior

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is all set to go on a journey to Mars to study the deep interior of the Red Planet and find traces of how it was formed.

26 Mar 2018

New milestone: NASA's Curiosity rover completes 2,000 days on Mars

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has achieved a new milestone as it completes 2,000 days on the Martian surface.

20 Feb 2018

Six-member team of Israeli researchers completes mock Mars mission in Negev desert

The participants were investigating various fields relevant to a future Mars mission, including satellite communications, the psychological effects of isolation, radiation measurements and searching for life signs in the soil.

19 Feb 2018

NASA's Opportunity observes 'rock stripes' on Mars that may suggest actions of water

Opportunity was planned as a 90-sol mission as NASA did not expect the rover to survive through a Martian winter.

20 Dec 2017

How will a 3-year Mars mission affect humans? NASA calls for more research

While typical missions to the International Space Station (ISS) last just six months, a round-trip mission to Mars could last three years.

12 Dec 2017

NASA's Mars 2020 mission: Here's how Martian samples will be brought back

Mars 2020 relies heavily on the system designs and spare hardware previously created for Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover, which landed in 2012.

11 Dec 2017

Martian atmosphere well-protected from effects of solar wind: Study

Unlike Earth, Mars has no global magnetic dipole, but the solar wind instead induces currents in the ionised upper atmosphere (the ionosphere), creating an induced magnetosphere.

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