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NASA's InSight sends back first selfie on Mars

Washington: Barely two weeks after touching down on Mars, NASA’s InSight lander has taken its first selfie using the spacecraft’s robotic arm, the US space agency has said. InSight landed safely at Elysium Planitia on Mars on November 26, kicking off a two-year mission to explore the deep interior of the Red Planet. On December […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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NASA eyes return to Moon, to announce partnerships with US companies

Washington: After the historic InSight touchdown on Mars, NASA is now set to focus on Moon mission by announcing new partnerships with American companies, the US space agency said. Working with US companies is the next step to achieving long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and Mars, NASA said in a statement […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
NASA's Mars InSight lander mission to teach us more about Earth

Washington: US-based space agency NASA’s Mars InSight lander, due to arrive on the Red planet’s surface on Monday night, may teach us more about Earth. It is going to use seismometers to study the planet’s interior so we can learn more about how it formed and why it’s so different from Earth, BBC reported on […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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ESA's Mars Express sends new images of Martian landscape

Paris: The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express has imaged a part of the Martian landscape, a region at the boundary of the northern and southern hemisphere which is rocky and fragmented, that once formed the Red Planet’s flood plains. The region, a furrowed, rock-filled escarpment known as Nili Fossae sits at the boundary of […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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NASA's InSight lander on track for Mars touchdown on Nov 26

Washington: NASA’s InSight spacecraft is on track for a soft touchdown on the surface of the Red Planet on November 26, scientists monitoring the health and trajectory of the lander have said. InSight will hit the top of the Martian atmosphere at 19,800 kilometres per hour (kph) and slow down to eight kph — about […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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NASA selects landing site for Mars 2020 Rover

Washington: NASA has chosen Jezero Crater delta, where the sediments contain clays and carbonates, as the landing site for its upcoming Mars 2020 Rover mission, the US space agency said. Jezero Crater, 45 kilometres in size, is located on the western edge of Isidis Planitia — a giant impact basin just north of the Martian […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Scientists translate Martian sunrise image into music

London: Using the photo of the 5,000th sunrise on Mars captured by NASA’s rover Opportunity, British scientists have created a two-minute piece of music. The soundtrack was created by scanning a picture from left to right, pixel by pixel, and looking at the brightness and colour information and combining them with terrain elevation. The team used […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Mars contains more oxygenated water than previously thought: Study

New York: Water on Mars could hold more oxygen than previously believed, theoretically enough to support aerobic respiration, suggests a new research challenging traditional beliefs about the Red planet’s habitability. A team led by scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), calculated that if liquid water exists on Mars, […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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NASA asks public to help astronauts survive carbon dioxide on Mars

Washington: NASA has launched a public competition that asks people to find solutions to turn carbon dioxide into molecules that would help astronauts endure the harsh atmosphere on the Red Planet. Called the “CO2 Conversion Challenge”, the competition asks public to discover ways to develop novel synthesis technologies that use carbon dioxide as the sole […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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NASA's InSight will decode how mountains formed on Mars

Washington: NASA’s InSight spacecraft, that has passed the halfway mark to Mars, carries a unique instrument that will enable scientists to understand what geological processes created the massive mountains on the Martian surface. InSight stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport. The Mars lander carries a unique instrument — Heat Flow […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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NASA's Opportunity Rover still missing in Martian dust storm

Washington: NASA’s Opportunity Rover, which has been roaming Mars for nearly 15 years, is missing for two months after getting caught in a massive dust storm, the media reported. The rover had to undergo an emergency shutdown in June, after the Martian dust storm prevented it from powering itself through its solar panels. Scientists from […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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NASA Curiosity rover completes 6 years on Mars

Washington: NASA’s Curiosity rover is celebrating its sixth anniversary on Mars which is currently experiencing a global storm. “I touched down on #Mars six years ago. Celebrating my 6th landing anniversary with the traditional gift of iron… oxide. (It puts the red in Red Planet.),” said a tweet sent out by the rover on Sunday. Curiosity, […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Scientists discover first-ever liquid water lake on Mars

Washington: In a tantalising find, a team of Italian researchers on Wednesday announced they have discovered a large saltwater lake under ice near the south pole on Red Planet – raising a possibility that life may be there on Mars in some form. The lake under the Martian ice stretches 20 kms across, said the […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Scientists find ice deposits on Mars

Washington: Scientists have unearthed thick and massive deposits of ice in some regions on Mars. The images taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) showed the three-dimensional structure of massive ice deposits on Mars. The ice sheets extend from just below the surface to a depth […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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China to build 'Mars village' in Qinghai province

Beijing: China is building a village in its northwest Qinghai province simulating the environmental conditions on Mars. The project, as part of China’s Mars exploration preparation, was approved by experts in Beijing on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported. The village will be constructed in the red rock area of the Qaidam basin in western Qinghai, […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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