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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 20, 2019 On Earth, plants convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbohydrates and oxygen - food for them and oxygen for us to breathe. There aren't plants on Mars, but there is a lot of CO2. Technology that takes abundant resources, like CO2 found on the Red Planet, and turns them into useful supplies for human explorers could be key to long-term missions on Mars. Phase 2 of NASA's CO2 Conversion Challenge invites the public, academia and industry to build a system that demonstrates the conversion of CO2 in co ... read more |
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Drones probe dust devils to understand Mars's atmosphereGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 20, 2019 Dust devils, small dusty whirlwinds, have been studied for decades. But, says Brian Jackson, an associate professor in the Department of Physics at Boise State University, the ability of dust devils ... more 
Deadline closing for names to fly on NASA's next Mars roverPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 19, 2019 It's the final boarding call for you to stow your name on NASA's Mars 2020 rover before it launches to the Red Planet. The Sept. 30 deadline for NASA's "Send Your Name to Mars" campaign gives the mi ... more 
3D models of Mars to aid ESA Rover in quest for ancient lifeGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 17, 2019 Scientists at TU Dortmund University have generated high-accuracy 3D models of terrain within the landing ellipse of the ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars rover, Rosalind Franklin. The Digital Terrain Models (D ... more 
Mars 2020 Spacecraft Comes Full CirclePasadena CA (JPL) Sep 13, 2019 Engineers took NASA's Mars 2020 for a spin on Aug. 29, 2019. The 2,300-pound (1,040-kilogram) Martian vehicle was rotated clockwise and counterclockwise at about 1 revolution per minute on what is c ... more |
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NASA Research Gives New Insight into How Much Atmosphere Mars LostGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 06, 2019 A key tracer used to estimate how much atmosphere Mars lost can change depending on the time of day and the surface temperature on the Red Planet, according to new observations by NASA-funded scient ... more 
'Martian CSI' Sheds Light on How Asteroid Impacts Generated Running Water Under Red PlanetSwindon UK (Sputnik) Sep 09, 2019 Volcanic Martian meteorites known as "nakhlites owe their name to El Nakhla in Egypt, where they first landed on Earth in 1911. Although they hold traces of impact of liquid water on the Martian sur ... more 
NASA engineers attach Mars Helicopter to Mars 2020 roverWashington (UPI) Aug 29, 2019 NASA engineers have installed the miniature helicopter on the space agency's Mars 2020 rover. The Mars Helicopter, nicknamed Scout, will be the first aircraft to fly on another planet. ... more 
ESA Chief says discussed ExoMars 2020 launch with RoscosmosMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 30, 2019 The 2020 mission of the ExoMars programme is expected to deliver a European rover and a Russian surface platform to the surface of Mars. The rover is expected to spend one year exploring the surface ... more 
NASA's Mars Helicopter Attached to Mars 2020 RoverPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 29, 2019 Engineers attached NASA's Mars Helicopter, which will be the first aircraft to fly on another planet, to the belly of the Mars 2020 rover in the High Bay 1 clean room at the Jet Propulsion Laborator ... more |
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NASA Invites Students to Name Next Mars RoverPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 29, 2019 Red rover, red rover, send a name for Mars 2020 right over! NASA is recruiting help from students nationwide to find a name for its next Mars rover mission. Starting Tuesday, K-12 students in ... more 
ExoMars rover ready for environment testingParis (ESA) Aug 28, 2019 The Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover has completed its construction activities in the UK and will now depart to France for testing under the conditions of the Red Planet's environment. The fina ... more  
'Game-Changer' for Cosmic Research: NASA Chief Touts Nuclear Powered SpacecraftWashington DC (Sputnik) Aug 23, 2019 Earlier this month, NASA's Future In-Space Operations working group said that its portable nuclear powered reactor will be ready to fly to Mars by 2022. Speaking at a National Space Council (N ... more 
Scientists Explore Outback as Testbed for MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 27, 2019 This week, scientists from NASA's upcoming Mars 2020 mission joined their counterparts from the joint European-Russian ExoMars mission in an expedition to the Australian Outback, one of the most rem ... more 
Atacama Desert microbes may hold clues to life on MarsWashington DC (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 Microbial life on Mars may potentially be transported across the planet on dust particles carried by wind, according to a study conducted in the Atacama Desert in North Chile, a well-known Mars anal ... more |
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 A step closer to solving the methane mystery on Mars
Roscosmos postpones joint ESA ExoMars mission after failed parachute testsMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 16, 2019 Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos said in a statement on Thursday that the launch of the joint Russian-European ExoMars-2020 astrobiology mission, aimed at searching for evidence of life on ... more |
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NASA's portable trash bin-sized nuclear power module to be ready by 2022Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 14, 2019 The reactor is expected to fulfil a variety of tasks on the red planet, ranging from supplying astronauts with heat and air, to powering 3D printers that will be used for constructing buildings. ... more 
All instruments onboard Rosalind Franklin roverParis (ESA) Aug 21, 2019 The full suite of scientific instruments, including cameras that will give us our eyes on Mars, the drill that will retrieve pristine soil samples from below the surface, and the onboard laboratory ... more 
Robotic toolkit added to NASA's Mars 2020 RoverPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 16, 2019 The bit carousel - a mechanism that will play a key role in the acquisition, containment and eventual return to Earth of humanity's first samples from another planet - has been incorporated into NAS ... more 
Ancient Mars was warm with occasional rain, turning coldBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Aug 20, 2019 Scientists have long known that water was abundant on ancient Mars, but there has been no consensus on whether liquid water was common, or whether it was largely frozen in ice. Was the temperature h ... more 
Methane not released by wind on Mars, experts findNewcastle UK (SPX) Aug 13, 2019 Wind erosion has been ruled out as the primary cause of methane gas release on Mars, Newcastle University academics have shown. Methane can be produced over time through both geological and bi ... more |
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 Paris (Sputnik) Sep 20, 2019 
In 2015, the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA announced the creation of the joint Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) project, which is designed to potentially deflect a space rock from impacting the Earth.
Scientists are planning to launch and crash NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft into an asteroid to test whether the impact is able to deflect its ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 18, 2019 
Volcanic eruptions are difficult to predict, but observations have shown the largest and most powerful volcano on Io, a large moon of Jupiter, has been erupting on a relatively regular schedule.
The volcano Loki is expected to erupt in mid-September 2019, according to a poster by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Julie Rathbun presented this week.
"Loki is the largest and ... more |
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