Mars
Nasa confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock
Nasa said last week it thought it had accomplished the feat, but poorly-lit photographs taken by the rover meant that the team operating the mission were not...
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Nasa thinks Mars rover succeeded in taking rock sample
The US space agency said Thursday it remains a little uncertain because images taken after the rover's arm completed sample acquisition were inconclusive due to poor sunlight conditions.
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In first, Perseverance Mars rover makes oxygen on another planet
The six-wheeled robot has converted some carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into oxygen, the first time this has happened on another planet, the space agency said Wednesday.
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NASA's Mars helicopter succeeds in historic first flight
At 3:34 am Eastern Time (0734 GMT), the four pound (1.8 kilogram) rotorcraft lifted off, hovered 10 feet (three meters) above the Martian surface, then came back to rest after 39.1 seconds.
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NASA aims for historic helicopter flight on Mars
The space agency had originally planned the flight for April 11 but postponed it over a software issue that was identified during a planned high-speed test of the aircraft's rotors.
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Nasa's Ingenuity helicopter survives first night alone on Mars
Making it through the frigid Martian night was 'a major milestone for the small rotorcraft,' Nasa said in a statement Monday.
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Nasa releases first audio from Mars, video of landing
The high-definition video clip, lasting three minutes and 25 seconds, shows the deployment of a red-and-white parachute with a 70.5-foot-wide (21.5-meter-wide) canopy.
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Touchdown: Nasa's Perseverance rover ready to search for life on Mars
'Touchdown confirmed,' said operations lead Swati Mohan at 3:55 pm Eastern Time (2055 GMT), as mission control at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena erupted in cheers.
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Perseverance rover lands on Mars this week
The Mars 2020 mission, which set off late from Florida in late July, includes the largest ever vehicle to be dispatched to the Red Planet.
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Mars and Hershey's accused of avoiding fair pay for cocoa farmers
West African nations Ghana and Ivory Coast account for two-thirds of global cocoa production, but there have been long-running tensions with US multinationals overpricing.
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First Arab space mission to Mars launches from Japan
The Emirati project is one of three racing to Mars, including Tianwen-1 from China and Mars 2020 from the United States, taking advantage of a period when the Earth and Mars are nearest.
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United Arab Emirates set to launch mission to Mars
Japanese time Monday for a seven-month journey to the red planet, where it will orbit and send back data about the atmosphere
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Nasa's 'Perseverance' rover will scour Mars for signs of life
Should the SUV-sized vehicle touch down unscathed, it will start collecting and storing rock and soil samples, to be retrieved by a future mission and brought back to Earth in 2031.
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CRISPR, gravity waves, water on Mars: A decade of discoveries
From finding the building blocks for life on Mars to breakthroughs in gene editing and the rise of artificial intelligence, here are six major scientific discoveries that shaped the 2010s - and what leading experts say could come next.
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Rockin 'n' rollin on Mars: Rolling Stones have space rock named after them
Slightly larger than a golf ball, the “Rolling Stones Rock” is said to have rolled some 3 feet.
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After the Moon in 2024, Nasa wants to reach Mars by 2033
Jim Bridenstine, Nasa's administrator, said Tuesday that in order to achieve that goal, other parts of the program -- including a lunar landing -- need to move forward more quickly.
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Scientists find likely source of methane on Mars
In the 15 years since a European probe reported traces of the gas in the Martian atmosphere, debate has raged over the accuracy of the readings showing methane.
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Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet
The dramatic arrival of the $993 million spacecraft marked the eighth successful landing on Mars in Nasa's history.
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Anxiety at Nasa as Mars InSight spacecraft nears Red Planet
Mars Insight's goal is listen for quakes and tremors as a way to unveil the Red Planet's inner mysteries, how it formed billions of years ago, and by extension, how other rocky planets like Earth took shape.
