MARS - RADAR DAILY

NASA spacecraft to begin orbiting Mars within days

Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)

An unmanned NASA spacecraft launched last year to study the history of climate change on Mars is to begin orbiting the Red Planet on Sunday after a 10-month jou...

MAVEN on course for Mars Arrival Sept 21

Sep 17, 2014 (SPX)

Everything continues to go well with MAVEN as it is readied for arrival at Mars on Sunday, September 21st. All spacecraft systems are operating nominally. We ha...

Martian meteorite yields more evidence of the possibility of life on Mars

Sep 16, 2014 (SPX)

A tiny fragment of Martian meteorite 1.3 billion years old is helping to make the case for the possibility of life on Mars, say scientists. The finding of a 'ce...

India's spacecraft 'on target' to reach Mars

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

An Indian spacecraft is on course to reach Mars, an official said Monday, following a 666-million-kilometre voyage that could see New Delhi's low-cost space pro...

Flash-Memory Reformat Successful

Sep 15, 2014 (JPL)

Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards 'Marathon Valley,' a putative location for abundant clay minerals. The rover's Flash file sys...

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Arrives at Martian Mountain

Sep 12, 2014 (JPL)

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has reached the Red Planet's Mount Sharp, a Mount-Rainier-size mountain at the center of the vast Gale Crater and the rover mission'...

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover reaches 'far frontier'

Sep 11, 2014 (AFP)

NASA's $2.5 billion Curiosity rover has reached the base of the Martian mountain it aims to explore and should start drilling rocks there soon, US space agency ...

Mars Rover Opportunity's Vista Includes Long Tracks

Sep 10, 2014 (JPL)

From a ridgeline viewpoint, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recently recorded a scene looking back over its own tracks made from nearly half a mile (m...

Flash-Memory Reformat On Opportunity Underway

Sep 10, 2014 (JPL)

Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards 'Marathon Valley,' a putative location for abundant clay minerals. The project is taking step...

MAVEN Spacecraft Makes Final Preparations For Mars

Sep 09, 2014 (SPX)

On Sept. 21, 2014, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft will complete roughly 10 months of travel and enter orbit around the Red Planet. The or...

Robots do battle over Mars exploration

Sep 05, 2014 (AFP)

Robots built to traverse the rugged terrain of Mars battled it out in Poland on Friday in a competition to find the best way to explore the Red Planet. The Euro...

Memory Reformat Planned for Opportunity Mars Rover

Sep 01, 2014 (JPL)

An increasing frequency of computer resets on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has prompted the rover team to make plans to reformat the rover's flash ...

Opportunity Flash-Memory Reformat Planned

Sep 01, 2014 (JPL)

Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading toward 'Marathon Valley', a putative location for abundant clay minerals. However, flash-memory induc...

A Salty, Martian Meteorite Offers Clues to Habitability

Aug 29, 2014 (NASA)

Life as we know it requires energy of some sort to survive and thrive. For plants, that source of energy is the Sun. But there are some microbes that can surviv...

Scientist uncovers red planet's climate history in unique meteorite

Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)

Was Mars - now a cold, dry place - once a warm, wet planet that sustained life? And if so, how long has it been cold and dry? Research underway at the National ...

Opportunity Mars Rover Suffers a Series of Resets

Aug 26, 2014 (JPL)

Opportunity is moving south along the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards 'Marathon Valley,' a putative location for abundant clay minerals. More recen...

Indian orbiter to reach Mars in 33 days

Aug 25, 2014 (XNA)

India's Mars Orbiter Mission was nine million km away from the red planet and is expected to reach it in 33 days, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said...

Mars Rover Team Chooses Not to Drill 'Bonanza King'

Aug 25, 2014 (JPL)

Evaluation of a pale, flat Martian rock as the potential next drilling target for NASA's Curiosity Mars rover determined that the rock was not stable enough for...

Mars thigh bone is really just a rock spotted by Curiosity

Aug 22, 2014 (UPI)

The Internet says thigh bone; NASA scientists say plain old rock. Is the latest photo from Mars, snapped by the Curiosity rover and beamed back to Earth, proof ...

Humans to Mars a Principle of Space Exploration

Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)

Let's say it straight. Mars is, without any doubt our next step in space exploration, sparking our imagination for many years in spaceflight history. After send...