In 2012, the Curiosity rover began its slow trek across the surface of Mars, listening for commands from Earth about where to go, what to photograph, which rocks to inspect. Then last year, something interesting happened: Curiosity started making decisions ...
Read More »NASA Camera Spots Strange Crater on Mars
NASA’s HiRISE instrument on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted a strange circular feature on the surface of Mars that could be the site of a past impact, Joinfo.com reports with reference to NASA. Measuring the sizes and frequency of impact craters ...
Read More »Mars may once have been completely underwater – scientists
The research team found evidence that a mineral found in Martian meteorites may have originally been a hydrogen-containing mineral, meaning there could have been more water on Mars at one stage, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Telegraph. Researchers created a ...
Read More »Discovery of world’s oldest fossil suggests there was alien life on Mars
The fossil, which was found in Quebec, Canada, shows life on earth was thriving as far back as 4.2 billion years, hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Metro. This makes the prospect ...
Read More »Mars Mystery: How Could Its Surface Be Warm Enough For Liquid Water?
Ample evidence says ancient Mars was sometimes wet, with water flowing and pooling on the planet’s surface. Yet, the ancient sun was about one-third less warm and could not provide enough heat, Joinfo.com reports with reference to NASA. A leading ...
Read More »Mars’ moons not ‘captives’ of Red Planet – studies
The first study was conducted by researchers from the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Aix-Marseille University, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to the Zeenews. It ruled out the capture of asteroids and showed that the only scenario compatible ...
Read More »NASA’s Space Launch System booster passes major milestone on Journey to Mars
On June 28, the booster passed the last full-scale test before SLS’s first uncrewed test flight with NASA’s Orion spacecraft in late 2018, a key milestone on the agency’s Journey to Mars, NASA reports. “This final qualification test of the ...
Read More »SpaceX wants to send a spaceship to Mars by 2018
The commercial spaceflight company SpaceX announced on Twitter today that it plans to send its robotic Dragon capsule to Mars as early as 2018, Space.com reports. “Red Dragons will inform the overall Mars architecture,” SpaceX representatives tweeted today (April 27), ...
Read More »NASA to test a new inflatable habitat for living on Mars in the future
NASA is preparing to test on the International Space Station (ISS) a new inflatable habitat called the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) that could eventually make its way to Mars with the astronauts of the future, the Geek reports. The ...
Read More »ExoMars mission: two robotic spacecrafts to search for life on Mars
On Monday morning of March 14 the European Space Agency in partnership with the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) started the first phase of the ExoMars mission, the Verge reports. The second ExoMars’ launch is scheduled on 2018. Today’s rocket ...
Read More »Mars recalls chocolate products in 55 countries
The food giant said it has decided to voluntarily recall some products as a precaution, BBC reports. In the UK the products affected include funsize Mars and Milky Way bars and boxes of Celebrations. In the Netherlands Mars and Snickers ...
Read More »NASA released a 360 degree video tour on the surface of Mars
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released a new 360 degrees video of Mars allowing viewers to drag and drop on the clip to explore the surface of the Red Planet, Joinfo.ua with reference to CNN. Made from multiple images stitched ...
Read More »NASA awarded the three winners for 3D-printed habitats on Mars
The design competition challenged participants to develop architectural concepts that take advantage of the unique capabilities 3-D printing offers to imagine what habitats on Mars might look like using this technology and in-situ resources, Joinfo.ua reports with the reference to ...
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