NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has rolled into a patch of ground that could shed considerable light on the Red Planet's climate history.
In September 2014, Curiosity reached the base of Mount Sharp , the 5-mile-high (8 km) massif that rises into the Martian sky from Gale's center.
China's Mars rover soldiers on after completing program – 104.5 WOKV
China's National Space Administration said on its website Friday that Zhurong completed its 90-day program on Aug. 15 and was in excellent technical condition and fully charged.
It said it would continue to explore the area known as Utopia Planitia where it landed on May 14. Zhurong has been consistently sending back photos and data via the Tianwen-1 orbiter that crosses over it once a day.
Japan aims to bring back soil samples from Mars moon by 2029
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, plans to launch an explorer in 2024 to land on the Martian moon Phobos to collect 10 grams (0.35 ounce) of soil and bring it back to Earth in 2029.
The rapid return trip would put Japan ahead of the United States and China in bringing back samples from the Martian region despite starting later, project manager Yasuhiro Kawakatsu said in an online news conference Thursday.
Martian south pole: New clue emerges of what may lie beneath - CNN
(CNN) The frigid Martian poles have long fascinated scientists not just because of their ice caps, but for the potential of what may exist underneath them.
Mars rover mishap, Beta variant's toll and UK open access
NASA's Perseverance rover drilled its first rock core on Mars on 6 August. The drill area appears as a small circular cone just to the right of the rover's shadow. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Perseverance is attempting to become the first mission to drill and collect a suite of rock cores from the Martian surface. It is planned that other spacecraft will eventually bring the samples back to Earth, where scientists can study them.
Mars remembered for family, service
Mrs. Dawn Mosley Mars passed away Friday, August 13, 2021, at the Neshoba County Nursing Home with her daughter, Dawn Lea, by her side. She was 85 years old.
A private family memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 17, 2021, from the family home with Rev. Ryan McGough officiating. Interment will follow at Mars Hill United Methodist Cemetery.
New Space Race Shoots for Moon and Mars on a Budget - The Washington Post
The first space race was a competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for national pride and military advantage. Now NASA is farming out missions to private companies, and other countries have joined the race — notably China and India.
Since the space shuttle program ended in 2011, NASA, as the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is better known, had relied on Russia to ferry U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station, which has orbited Earth for two decades.
Can Mars eventually take on Humans? | Arizona PBS
It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, take an inhospitable planet and make it livable. Can we do it with Mars?
We talk about taking the environment of a planet and turning it into an earth-like environment. Mars is one of the only places that we could think about doing that, he said.
Happening on Twitter
"The last 90 days were a milestone, a complete success！" The #Zhurong rover reached its initial working target of 9… https://t.co/qjdgmv39OI SpokespersonCHN (from 中国，北京 Beijing PRC) Thu Aug 19 12:37:07 +0000 2021
Mars rover Curiosity reaches intriguing transition zone on Red Planet (video) https://t.co/um9n5svVow https://t.co/ABJ1a9kWwx SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Thu Aug 19 14:47:23 +0000 2021
Chinese astronauts edged into space to add the finishing touches to a robotic arm on the Tiangong space station. I… https://t.co/8aLOARONZE AFP (from France) Fri Aug 20 07:50:41 +0000 2021
Six months ago, Perseverance landed on the Red Planet. Here's what the plucky rover has been observing. https://t.co/FlrkpLcD5M ScienceNews (from Washington, DC) Fri Aug 20 15:45:13 +0000 2021
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