Tag: Mars

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

New York: Think how it would be if we can enjoy a chilled beer on Mars? A US brewing company Anheuser-Busch plans make “Budweiser” the first brand of beer on the Red Planet. Budweiser is upholding its commitment, announced earlier this year at an event “South by Southwest” that “it would create a beer suitable […]

Washington: NASA will soon start testing a key energy source that will “empower” human crews on the Mars surface, energising habitats and running on-the-spot processing equipment to transform the Red Planet resources into oxygen, water and fuel. Testing of the Kilopower project is due to start in November and go through early next year, with […]

Washington: After orbitting the Red Planet for 16 years, NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has captured its first images of the Martian moon Phobos. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera on Mars Odyssey orbiter, launched in 2001, observed Phobos on September 29. Phobos has an oblong shape with an average diameter of about 22 kilometres. […]

New York: A solar event has sparked a global aurora at the Martian surface and caused the radiation level to double than highest ever recorded, NASA scientists have found. According to Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) Mission — a space probe developed by NASA designed to study the Martian atmosphere while orbiting Mars — a […]

New York: Six Nasa scientists, who were living in isolation on a Mars-like habitat in Hawaii since January to determine astronauts’ psychology and requirements during manned space missions, will return to civilization on Sunday. In January, the crew of four men and two women were quarantined on a vast plain below the summit of the […]