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5:08am, 3rd September, 2019

NASA checks SpaceX’s potential Starship landing sites on Mars, with water in mind

An artists’s conception shows SpaceX’s Starship craft on Mars. (SpaceX Illustration) NASA is helping SpaceX get a fix on potential landing sites on Mars for its Starship super-spaceship, with an emphasis on Arcadia Planitia and Amazonis Planitia, reg...

1:13pm, 13th May, 2019

Space

Amid the talk about moon missions, Mars fans push for a share of the space spotlight

An artist’s conception depicts a crewed mission to Mars. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Illustration / 2004) As NASA shifts the focus of its space exploration effort to the moon, the advocates of Mars exploration and settlement have a message for future lunar e...

1:46pm, 29th April, 2019

Space

SpaceX’s Elon Musk shows off a shiny Starship in landscapes of moon and Mars

New renderings of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket, shared by CEO Elon Musk on Twitter early today, show the shiny spaceship sitting on bare ground on the moon and Mars. The artwork is similar to that came out a couple of years ago when Musk...

10:15pm, 3rd April, 2019

Space

SpaceX’s Starhopper takes its first rocket hop, marking another step toward Mars

After weeks of preparation, the prototype test vehicle for SpaceX’s monster spaceship, known as Starhopper, fired up its methane-powered Raptor rocket engine for the first time today and lifted ever so slightly off its Texas launch pad. “Starhopper c...

Sweet! Scientists narrow down source of mysterious burst of methane on Mars

1:51pm, 1st April, 2019

Space

Sweet! Scientists narrow down source of mysterious burst of methane on Mars

The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter, shown in this artist’s conception, has been circling Mars since 2003. (Spacecraft image credit: ESA / ATG Medialab; Mars: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO) It may sound like an April Fool’s jok...

Mars helicopter bound for the Red Planet takes to the air for the first time

6:24pm, 28th March, 2019

Gadgets

Mars helicopter bound for the Red Planet takes to the air for the first time

The Mars 2020 mission is on track for launch next year, and nesting inside the high-tech new rover heading that direction is a high-tech helicopter designed to fly in the planet’s nearly non-existent atmosphere. The actual aircraft that will fly on t...

Opportunity’s last Mars panorama is a showstopper

2:45pm, 13th March, 2019

Gadgets

Opportunity’s last Mars panorama is a showstopper

The Opportunity Mars Rover may be officially , but its — and NASA just shared the last (nearly) complete panorama the robot sent back before it was blanketed in dust. After more than 5,000 days (or rather sols) on the Martian surface, Opportunity fou...

Artificial intelligence — and a few jokes — will help keep future Mars crews sane

3:27pm, 18th February, 2019

Space

Artificial intelligence — and a few jokes — will help keep future Mars crews sane

A crew touches down on the Red Planet in “Mars,” a National Geographic miniseries that delves into the dynamics of future Mars crews. (Credit: National Geographic Channels) WASHINGTON, D.C. — When the first human explorers head for Mars, they’re like...

The Opportunity Mars rover’s greatest shots and discoveries

8:13pm, 13th February, 2019

Gadgets

The Opportunity Mars rover’s greatest shots and discoveries

, and the rover that was supposed to last 90 days closes the book on 15 years of exploration. It’s sad, but it’s also a great time to look back on the mission and see some of its greatest hits. Here are 25 images showing where it came from, where it...

Opportunity on Mars, 2004-2019: NASA sings requiem to a rover — and looks ahead

5:14pm, 13th February, 2019

Space

Opportunity on Mars, 2004-2019: NASA sings requiem to a rover — and looks ahead

Ths colorized image of the Opportunity rover’s shadow was taken on July 26, 2004, by the rover’s front hazard-avoidance camera as it moved farther into Endurance Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Photo) After months o...

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NASA checks SpaceX’s potential Starship landing sites on Mars, with water in mind

Amid the talk about moon missions, Mars fans push for a share of the space spotlight

SpaceX’s Elon Musk shows off a shiny Starship in landscapes of moon and Mars

SpaceX’s Starhopper takes its first rocket hop, marking another step toward Mars

Sweet! Scientists narrow down source of mysterious burst of methane on Mars

Mars helicopter bound for the Red Planet takes to the air for the first time

Opportunity’s last Mars panorama is a showstopper

Artificial intelligence — and a few jokes — will help keep future Mars crews sane

The Opportunity Mars rover’s greatest shots and discoveries

Opportunity on Mars, 2004-2019: NASA sings requiem to a rover — and looks ahead

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