Bengaluru: India's Mars Orbiter Mission, Mangalyaan, has sent home stunning 3D images of the Red Planet's Valles Marineris, the largest canyon system in the solar system.The images taken by Mars Colour Camera (MCC) onboard Mangalyaan
Washington: NASA engineers are developing drones that can fly to areas which are inaccessible to rovers – such as the shaded region of a crater – on Mars, asteroids and Moon to gather samples.The flying
Washington: Three Expedition 44 astronauts representing the US, Russia and Japan arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday to continue key research that advances NASA's journey to Mars.The spacecraft was launched from the
Madrid: Rocks rich in silica similar to those in the oldest part of Earth's continental crust are scattered throughout the area where NASA's Curiosity probe is exploring on Mars, according to a study published on
Bengaluru: The country's low-cost Mars mission spacecraft that is in a rendezvous with the red planet for an extended period has enough fuel for it to last "many years", Indian Space Research Organisation chairman Kiran
Washington: In its bid for the next giant leap to Mars, NASA is seeking ideas for enabling human explorers to safely land, live and work on the Red Planet.NASA's first "Landing Site/Exploration Zone Workshop for
New York: Fuelling speculation that advanced civilisation once thrived on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover has found a pyramid-like structure on the Red Planet, media reports said.This image that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Great
Washington: NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft will complete its 60,000th orbit on June 23 since arriving at the Red Planet in 2001.Jim Green, NASA's director of Planetary Science, said that this orbital milestone is an opportunity
New York: In a clue to possibility of life below the surface of Mars today, an international team of researchers has discovered traces of methane in Martian meteorites.For the study, the researchers examined samples from
Honolulu: Six scientists who were living under a dome on the slopes of a dormant Hawaii volcano for eight months to simulate life on Mars have emerged from isolation.The crew stepped outside the dome that's
Abu Dhabi: State-owned Masdar Institute of Science and Technology is ramping up its efforts to support the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in achieving its goal of sending an unmanned space probe to Mars by 2021,
London: Mars may have liquid water close to its surface, according to new data from Nasa's Curiosity rover which raises the chance of finding life on the red planet.Researchers have long known that there was
London: Adding further evidence to the global belief that Mars may once have harboured life, Danish scientists have calculated that Martian glaciers have frozen ice equivalent to over 150 billion cubic metres - enough to
Washington: A US-based rocket propulsion company is developing an engine that could take humans to the Red Planet in just 39 days and it has got funding from NASA to accomplish the task.A spacecraft normally
Washington: Ancient Mars was likely to have possessed a primitive ocean that held more water than the Earth's Arctic Ocean, the US space agency NASA said."Perhaps about 4.3 billion years ago, Mars would have had
Washington: NASA's Curiosity rover has clicked a selfie showing the vehicle at the “Mojave” site on the Red Planet where its drill collected the mission's second taste of Mount Sharp.The latest self-portrait shows a sweeping
New Delhi: A 19 year old girl, Shradha Prasad from Kerela has qualified for the final round of selection for the "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity".She is the lone candidate based in India to be selected by Netherland-based
New Delhi: For space watchers, Mars is like a second home. Astronomers have been studying the red planet for centuries and a mysterious haze high above Mars has left scientists scratching their heads.Two strange, cloud-like
Washington: A White House proposal by US President Barack Obama to increase spending for NASA has been welcomed by the US space agency that will boost its chances to reach Mars and other deep space
Washington: The US space agency has teamed up with Microsoft to develop a new software that will enable scientists to work on Mars virtually using a wearable technology called Microsoft HoloLens.Developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion
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