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Hera mission plans Mars flyby en route to asteroid study Paris, France (SPX) Apr 26, 2024 ESA's Hera mission, aimed at planetary defense, will utilize a Mars flyby in March next year to gain velocity as it heads towards the Didymos binary asteroid system. During this maneuver, Hera will approach Mars within 6,000 km-closer than Mars' moons' orbits-and adjust its trajectory to closely observe Mars' moon Deimos and the Martian surface itself. The flyby details were discussed at the Hera Science Community Workshop at the ESTEC center in the Netherlands. "This swingby is part of the schedu ... read more |
NASA Mars Analog Crew Approaches Mission Conclusion Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2024 The initial crew in a yearlong NASA Mars analog mission at the CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) facility has reached the 300-day milestone. Initiated on June 25, 2023, at NASA ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2024 NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover has revealed that methane is emerging from Gale Crater's surface, presenting a puzzling scenario for scientists. On Earth, most methane is biologically produced, yet Mars ... more Washington (AFP) April 17, 2024 NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has transmitted its final message to Earth and will now serve as an immobile data-gathering unit on the red planet's surface, the space agency said on Tuesday. ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2024 The final transmission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory marked the end of active operations for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter but the beginning of its new role as a stationary data collector. ... more |
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NASA's Artemis Program to enhance Lunar mobility with industry partners Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 04, 2024 Earth planning day: Wednesday, April 3, 2024: Today we planned a Touch and Go plan. Our workspace had abundant large, stable blocks - not always a given! - which made for a relatively easy planning ... more |
Perseverance uncovers a watery past on Mars Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2024 NASA's Perseverance Mars rover's recent analysis has revealed that its latest rock core sample, collected on March 11, experienced prolonged water exposure in Mars' distant past, possibly as part of ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 02, 2024 Earth planning date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024: As someone who studies planetary atmospheres, the geology of Curiosity's mission often flies straight over my head. I like to think that I've picked u ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 02, 2024 Earth planning date: Friday, March 29, 2024: Curiosity is approaching an intriguing pile of rocks called "Hinman Col" - a poorly sorted collection of clasts located along the margin of Gediz Vallis ... more Washington DC (SPX) Apr 01, 2024 In an ambitious expansion of lunar exploration, NASA's Artemis IV mission is working towards establishing the first human outpost in lunar orbit - the Gateway space station. This initiative, part of ... more |
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Perseverance Pays off When Studying the Martian Atmosphere Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 28, 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, March 25, 2024: Today, we planned two sols on Mars in a Touch and Go plan, where we do some early morning contact science and imaging followed by a drive to a new worksp ... more |
Mars Express achieves 25,000 orbits Paris, France (SPX) Mar 28, 2024 Celebrating a significant milestone, ESA's Mars Express has completed its 25,000th orbit around Mars, capturing yet another breathtaking view of the Red Planet to commemorate this achievement. The l ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 27, 2024 In a significant advancement for autonomous space exploration, NASA's Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE) program has successfully completed a critical series of tests wit ... more Paris, France (SPX) Mar 27, 2024 In a major effort, European researchers have completed the most comprehensive geological survey of Mars' Oxia Planum, the designated landing site for the European Space Agency's (ESA) ambitious Rosa ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 26, 2024 Earth planning date: Friday, March 22, 2024: Sometimes it feels like we all make up the same brain and planning goes smooth as silk. Today I'm thankful it felt like that, because Friday plans have a ... more |
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Bipartisan Congressional call to ensure Mars Sample Return a success Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2024 A unified bipartisan effort led by Representatives Mike Garcia (CA-27), Judy Chu (CA-28), and Adam Schiff (CA-30) has emerged, with a strongly worded letter to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson demandi ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2024 If the Curiosity rover had a song stuck in her head today, she might be humming "Back to the uGVR," to the tune of The Beatles "Back in the U.S.S.R," as she drives south along the eastern edge of th ... more Pasadena, CA (JPL) Mar 19, 2024 It was a fairly calm planning day after a few weeks of activity at Mineral King, with a familiar touch-and-go plan. That's not the only thing that's back to normal - ENV has ended our dust storm wat ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2024 On March 14, NASA completed the delivery of its innovative gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for its incorporation into the Martian Moons eXploratio ... more |
Surprising insights about debris flows on Mars Utrecht, Netherlands (SPX) Mar 15, 2024 The period that liquid water was present on the surface of Mars may have been shorter than previously thought. Channel landforms called gullies, previously thought to be formed exclusively by liquid ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 15, 2024 Earth planning date: Wednesday, March 13, 2024: The title of the blog gives away the big news of today - we are "go" to plan drilling at Mineral King 3. Yay! For those not following along ever ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2024 At the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, scientists unveiled the discovery of a colossal volcano, provisionally named "Noctis volcano," along with a suspected subs ... more Paris (AFP) Mar 14, 2024 Humanity must preserve Earth before dreaming of colonising Mars because even nuclear war and unbridled climate change cannot make the red planet more liveable, Barack Obama said Wednesday. ... more |
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Life on Mars, together Boston MA (SPX) Mar 14, 2024 Earlier this year, Madelyn Hoying, a PhD student in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, and Wing Lam (Nicole) Chan, an MIT senior in aeronautics and astronautics, were part of ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, March 11, 2024: Robotic arm downlink chair here! Rather than planning for the next day, I am on the team which assesses data that comes back from the rover and determine ... more Gainesville FL (SPX) Mar 13, 2024 Is or was there life on Mars? That profound question is so complex that it will not be fully answered by the two NASA rovers now exploring it. But because of the literal groundwork the rovers ... more London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2024 Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, including Prof. Hezi Yizhaq and Prof. Itzhak Katra, along with international collaborators, have proposed a new theory that could explain the for ... more |
The psychological barrier of deep space exploration San Francisco CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2024 Within the next few decades, NASA aims to land humans on the Moon, set up a lunar colony and use the lessons learned to send people to Mars as part of its Artemis program. While researchers know tha ... more Exeter UK (SPX) Mar 11, 2024 Innovative coral transplantation techniques have demonstrated remarkable success in reviving degraded reefs, according to the latest findings from the Mars Coral Reef Restoration Programme. Research ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, March 4, 2024: It has been a busy and exciting week for Curiosity and its science team. Our intrepid rover successfully drilled its 40th sample on Mars and today followe ... more Boston MA (SPX) Mar 05, 2024 As it trundles around an ancient lakebed on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover is assembling a one-of-a-kind rock collection. The car-sized explorer is methodically drilling into the Red Planet's surfa ... more |
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