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Mars exploration: NASA finds details about deep interior of Red Planet using InSight lander’s data

In a statement, the space agency said that Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure or the SEIS is the name of…

July 24, 2021 4:32 pm

NASA Mars Mission: Perseverance rover produces oxygen on Red Planet; Why the feat is important

The MOXIE or Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment carried out its first operation on April 20.

April 23, 2021 3:12 pm

NASA exchanges data of its Mars mission with India, China, UAE & European Space Agency

United Arab Emirates (UAE) spacecraft, Hope, is also orbiting the Mars planet. There are two spacecraft from the European Space…

March 31, 2021 4:09 pm

Mars on Earth: Turkish lake may hold clues to ancient life on planet

NASA says the minerals and rock deposits at Salda are the nearest match on earth to those around the Jezero…

March 9, 2021 7:00 pm

NASA Mars Mission 2020: Perseverance Rover begins warming up for ‘marathon of science’

Perseverance, during its time on the Red Planet which will run for nearly 700 days or one Martian year, will…

March 4, 2021 12:27 pm

NASA Mars Mission: Ingenuity Helicopter sends first report to NASA after Perseverance’s landing on Red Planet

If the Mars helicopter mission is to succeed, then it is important that it has enough energy to maintain vital…

February 21, 2021 6:28 pm

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NASA Perseverance Rover successfully lands on Mars’ Jezero Crater: Everything to know about the historic landing

Earlier in the day, scientists had been looking at these ‘seven minutes of terror’ and hoping that all went smoothly…

February 19, 2021 10:06 pm

Countdown to Mars: With Perseverance Rover’s landing hours away, NASA scientists begin their countdown to ‘7 minutes of terror’

Perseverance is set to enter the Martian atmosphere on February 18 at about 3:48 pm EST or 2:18 am IST…

February 18, 2021 2:40 pm

Destination Mars! Inside many missions to Red Planet and crazy world of Elon Musk!

2020 was the first time in history when three countries launched Mars missions in the same launch window.

February 17, 2021 1:30 pm

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NASA Mars Mission: Perseverance Rover set to land on Mars — when and where to watch live telecast

This mission is the next one in a series of Mars exploration missions that NASA has carried out over the…

February 13, 2021 4:34 pm

UAE’s Hope probe enters Martian Orbit: What the country aims to achieve with this mission

It was launched in July 2020, and was one of the three major missions taking off for the Red Planet…

February 12, 2021 6:11 pm

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Watch: Ahead of Perseverance rover’s arrival at Mars, NASA releases dramatic video trailer

In July last year, three missions from three different countries had taken off for the Red Planet – the UAE’s…

February 11, 2021 7:31 pm

China’s Mars probe Tianwen 1 sends its first image of Red Planet, readies itself for entering planet’s orbit

So far, the Tianwen 1 has been flying for 197 days and has covered over 465 million kilometres.

February 6, 2021 2:12 pm

Close encounter between Mars and Earth

Mars and Earth got unusually cozy drawing closer to each other than they have in more than a decade.

Updated: June 1, 2016 11:32 am

Ice age on Mars occurred 400,000 years ago: Scientists

During summertime in the planet’s north, the remaining northern polar cap is all water ice; the southern cap is water…

May 27, 2016 1:54 pm

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Ancient Mars was once washed over by mega-tsunamis

Billions of years ago, mega-tsunamis scarred the Martian landscape, yielding evidence of cold, salty oceans conducive to sustaining life, according…

May 20, 2016 2:39 pm

NASA measures seasonal patterns in Mars atmosphere

The local atmosphere in Mars is clear in winter, dustier in spring and summer, and windy in autumn, NASA scientists,…

May 14, 2016 6:11 pm

NASA, Microsoft team up to bring you closer to Mars

The US space agency and tech giant Microsoft have teamed up to create “Destination: Mars”, a guided tour of Mars…

March 31, 2016 11:58 am

New ExoMars mission to find alien life on way to Red Planet

A new era of Mars exploration for Europe began on Monday as a new mission jointly developed by the European…

March 15, 2016 10:22 am

Europe, Russia embark on search for life on Mars

Europe and Russia are set to launch an unmanned spacecraft on Monday to smell Mars’ atmosphere for gassy evidence that…

March 12, 2016 11:31 am

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NASA reschedules launch of troubled Mars lander to 2018

US space agency NASA said on Wednesday that its Mars lander is now targeting a new launch window that begins…

March 10, 2016 9:51 am

Clues to life on Mars may be found on ‘driest place on Earth’

NASA scientists are exploring the “driest place on Earth” that provides a Mars-like environment to study the limits of life,…

February 29, 2016 5:46 pm

Nasa spaceman Scott Kelly sees International Space Station mission as ‘steppingstone’ to Mars

NASA’s first and only yearlong spaceman Scott Kelly will go through a series of physical and medical tests as soon…

February 27, 2016 11:49 pm

Ryan Reynolds in talks for Mars mission film

Actor Ryan Reynolds is in talks to star with “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” star Rebecca Ferguson in “Life”, a…

February 17, 2016 5:52 pm

NASA engineers use Super Bowl to decode aerodynamics

Aerodynamics engineers including an Indian-origin scientist are studying sports balls to learn lessons in aerodynamics that will help build aircraft…

February 8, 2016 5:16 pm

NASA’s Orion spacecraft bound for Mars lands in Florida for tests

The Orion capsule, NASA’s spacecraft designed to land humans on Mars, was carried from the US space agency’s Michoud Assembly…

February 2, 2016 8:43 pm

NASA’s Curiosity rover sends super cool selfie from Mars

In its latest selfie sent back home, NASA’s Curiosity rover shows the car-size mobile laboratory beside a dark dune where…

January 30, 2016 4:58 pm

Failure to find ‘life on Earth’ bad news for Mars hunters

Can not finding signs of life at a place on Earth that closely resembles the area on Red Planet a…

January 21, 2016 11:12 am

‘Indian Mars orbiter still searching for methane on planet’

India’s maiden spacecraft to Mars is still groping around the red planet to locate methane gas in its atmosphere, a…

January 4, 2016 8:33 pm

NASA suspends 2016 launch of Mars lander

The US space agency NASA said it has suspended the planned launch of a Mars lander called InSight in March…

December 23, 2015 10:37 pm

Scientist to grow potatoes on Earth under Mars conditions

In a bid to grow potatoes in the most inhospitable environments to save millions of lives on the Earth, a…

December 22, 2015 2:14 pm

Martian gullies likely contain ‘no water’: study

Months after scientists announced “the strongest evidence yet” of liquid water on Mars, a study today said there was none…

December 22, 2015 8:36 am

NASA: Leak in French instrument may stall next Mars mission

A NASA spacecraft that’s supposed to fly to Mars and land on the red planet next year has a leak…

December 4, 2015 1:27 pm

Mars to lose its largest moon, Phobos, but gain a ring

Mars’ largest moon, Phobos, is slowly falling towards the planet and is likely to be shredded into pieces that will…

November 25, 2015 1:42 pm

How carbon from Mars escaped into atmosphere; had Earth-like atmosphere 3.8 bn years ago

A team of scientists has offered an explanation of the “missing” carbon on Mars, suggesting that it may have escaped…

November 25, 2015 1:34 pm

NASA boosts efforts to send humans into deeper space missions, including Mars

In a bid to bolster its effort to prepare humans for deeper space missions, NASA engineers have refined the key…

November 23, 2015 11:00 am

International Space Station marks 15 years of nonstop human presence

Humankind is marking an off-the-planet pinnacle Monday: the 15th anniversary of continuous residency at the International Space Station.

November 3, 2015 8:48 am

Debunking Mars and Venus cliche in humans

It may be time for the brain science to ditch the ‘Mars and Venus’ cliche as a recent study has…

October 30, 2015 9:17 am

Learn how to farm on Mars ‘The Martian’ way!

According to a new research, you too can learn to farm on Mars! Scientists at Washington State University and the…

October 21, 2015 8:44 am

After US, India missions to Mars, China aims for deep space

Under criticism that its well developed space programme focussed more on the Moon while the US and India stole a…

October 15, 2015 10:05 pm

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Manned mission to Mars may include a detour to Moon

A new MIT study suggests that a manned mission to Mars may lighten its launch load considerably by refuelling on…

October 15, 2015 10:04 pm

Detour to moon is best way to make it to Mars

A new study has suggested that in order to save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best…

Updated: October 15, 2015 7:41 pm

Ancient river on Mars likely carried pebbles tens of miles

A recent study has found that Martian pebbles once rolled dozens of miles down a river, providing more evidence that…

Updated: October 14, 2015 9:04 am

Water may be found on other planets too, says NASA scientist

With recent NASA study confirming presence of water on Mars, Indian-origin scientist working with the US space agency Amitabh Ghosh…

October 10, 2015 11:29 pm

By 2030s, we could be living on Mars!

We could be actually living on Mars within next few decades as NASA has unveiled its plans of building colonies…

October 10, 2015 1:21 pm

Ancient Mars had long-lasting lakes, rivers: NASA

Mars harboured long-lasting lakes and water streams about 3.8 to 3.3 billion years ago, boosting the odds that life may…

October 9, 2015 7:06 pm

Ancient lakes at Gale Crater reveal Mars’ wet paleoclimate

Wet paleoclimate of Mars has been revealed by ancient lakes at Gale Crater. In a recent paper, the Mars Science…

October 9, 2015 3:12 pm

NASA orbiter captures sites of ‘The Martian’ landings

NASA’s Mars orbiter has captured stunning images of the real regions on Mars featured in the best-selling novel and Hollywood…

Updated: October 7, 2015 8:49 am

How to prepare for Mars? NASA consults Navy sub force

As NASA contemplates a manned voyage to Mars and the effects missions deeper into space could have on astronauts, it’s…

October 5, 2015 11:28 pm

Mars Orbiter data interesting, more work needed on it: ISRO

The Mars Orbiter Mission has produced interesting data but further work is needed over such inputs for validation purposes, a…

October 5, 2015 7:22 pm

‘The Martian’ skyrockets on Twitter after Mars discovery

Ridley Scott-directed “The Martian” recorded a spike in Twitter mentions after media reports came out about the discovery of water…

Updated: October 4, 2015 10:05 pm

3D printed ice shelter for Mars wins $25000 NASA award

A 3D printed ice shelter designed for Mars, which aims to rely on the red planet’s predicted liquid water and…

Updated: October 4, 2015 9:09 pm

New tools to help astronauts readapt to gravity on Mars: Nasa

NASA scientists are developing training tools that would help astronauts on a mission to Mars transition back to gravity smoothly…

Updated: October 1, 2015 8:43 pm

Knew about water on Mars months before NASA revelation: Ridley Scott

Much before NASA announced that it found strong evidence about water on Mars, filmmaker Ridley Scott that he knew liquid…

September 30, 2015 12:04 pm

Mars water find boosts quest for extra-terrestrial life

The search for extra-terrestrial life just got a big boost from NASA’s stunning announcement that it now has its strongest…

Updated: September 29, 2015 11:33 pm

Flowing liquid water on Mars? Yes, says NASA

Liquid water has been observed on the planet Mars, the US space agency NASA said today.

Updated: September 29, 2015 8:58 am

‘Liquid water’ found on Mars by NASA; Google celebrates with a doodle

Google doodle celebrates NASA’s confirmation about the presence of liquid water on planet Mars.

September 29, 2015 9:13 am

NASA finds signs of water on Mars

Water, water everywhere! After multiple experiments and tests NASA has announced that liquid water has been found on Mars that…

September 29, 2015 8:26 am

Aliens, water, life? NASA to reveal ‘major finding’ related to Mars

NASA is all set to reveal about a major finding that could be related to life on Mars.

Updated: September 27, 2015 2:51 pm

‘Red Dragon’ Mars sample-return mission may launch by 2022

Mission that could bring chunks of rock samples collected by NASA’s 2020 Mars rover back to Earth for analysis could…

September 17, 2015 7:38 pm

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