Pictured is the final qualification test of the Space Launch System’s booster in preparation for NASA’s Journey to Mars. Conducted at the Orbital ATK Propulsion Systems test facilities in Utah, USA, this test is a critical step in the preparation, as the boosters will provide more than 75 percent of the thrust needed for the......
The image above shows frost covered dunes in the southern hemisphere of Mars. The image was captured in March this year, during the last part of the winter. During this period the dunes receive just enough sunlight to defrost the season carbon dioxide layer that covers the sand during the winter. The metallic spots show......
In recent months Mars has been on everyone’s mind. From the Ridley Scott film, The Martian, to finding signs of water on Mars. In the video above NASA explains the journey to sending astronauts to Mars, including the challenges to get them there. Source: NASA...
This week the world has been abuzz with NASA’s discovery of water on Mars. But that didn’t happen just overnight – so we take a look back at the nine years the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spent orbiting the red planet. In 2005, NASA launched the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), an exploration and investigational spacecraft designed......
The advanced rocket and spacecraft manufacturers, SpaceX, have released the posters below to entice would-be travellers to go to Mars. The first image depicts Olympus Mons, the highest peak in our solar system, which is roughly three times taller than Mount Everest. The second image shows Phobos and Demos, the two moons of Mars, while......
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this self-portrait while exploring the “Mojave” site at Mount Sharp. The self-portrait is composed of dozens of images taken during January 2015, with the use of the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end of the rover’s robotic arm. Image credit: NASA Click here to read more. You......
An interactive timeline of the mission and highlights of the Opportunity and Spirit rovers on Mars. Use the arrows on the side to jump to the next event and watch the date change; or use the timeline below and scroll through manually....
The Mars Opportunity Rover took this backwards-glancing shot with its navigation camera a while back. Here we showcase it because the 6th of January marked Opportunity and it's stranded twin, Spirit's 4000th day on the Red Planet....
The University of Arizona discovered these rare banded transverse aeolian ridges (TARs) in Iapygia on Mars, which differ slightly to TARs elsewhere on Mars...
For decades the ethos of planetary protection prevailed. Now some scientists say these precautions are undermining the search for life on Mars...
In this image of Martian dunes in a large crater near Mawrth Vallis, some of the dunes appear to be in a V-shaped formation...
The Mars Curiosity rover has completed its first Martian year on the Red Planet. To mark this momentous occasion, Nasa released a selfie of Curiosity...
