Mars News, Science, Technology at MarsDaily.com

December 14, 2013

First Rock Dating Experiment Performed on Mars
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2013
Although researchers have determined the ages of rocks from other planetary bodies, the actual experiments-like analyzing meteorites and moon rocks-have always been done on Earth. Now, for the first time, researchers have successfully determined the age of a Martian rock-with experiments performed on Mars. The work, led by geochemist Ken Farley of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), could not only help in understanding the geologic history of Mars but also aid in the search for evidence of ... read more

Previous Issues

Dec 13

Dec 12

Dec 11

Dec 10

Dec 09

The Tough Task of Finding Fossils While Wearing a Spacesuit Someday, human explorers might momentously discover fossils on Mars, proving that the Red Planet once supported extraterrestrial life. An interplanetary expedition of this sort will have overcome ma ... more		SSTL selected for first private Mars mission Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been selected to carry out a concept study to develop an interplanetary communications system for Mars One, the privately funded project to establish a hum ... more		SwRI scientists publish first radiation measurements from the surface of Mars In the first 300 days of the Mars Science Laboratory surface mission, the Curiosity rover cruised around the planet's Gale Crater, collecting soil samples and investigating rock structures while the ... more
				NASA Curiosity: First Mars Age Measurement and Human Exploration Help NASA's Curiosity rover is providing vital insight about Mars' past and current environments that will aid plans for future robotic and human missions. In a little more than a year on the Red Planet, ... more		Mars One Selects Lockheed Martin to Study First Private Unmanned Mission to Mars Mars One has selected Lockheed Martin to develop a mission concept study for its Mars lander spacecraft. The lander will be based on the successful 2007 NASA Phoenix spacecraft and will be a technol ... more

NASA poised to launch Mars atmosphere probe What happened to the water on Mars? How did the Red Planet's atmosphere become so thin over time? NASA's MAVEN probe is scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to find out. ... more		Ancient fresh water lake on Mars could have sustained life Scientists have found evidence that there was once an ancient lake on Mars that may have been able to support life, in research published in the journal Science. A team of researchers from NASA's Ma ... more		'Sign of life': defence boom lifts German factory orders MDA Space wins role in US SHIELD missile defense program Starfighters completes supersonic tests for GE Aerospace ramjet program		Bid to colonize Mars wins high-profile backing A Dutch entrepreneur's bold quest to colonize Mars won high-profile support Tuesday from a US aerospace giant, although the timetable for putting humans on the red planet has been pushed back two years. ... more
				MRO Reveals A More Dynamic Red Planet NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed to scientists slender dark markings - possibly due to salty water - that advance seasonally down slopes surprisingly close to the Martian equator. ... more		Mars One spaceflight project 'can succeed' A permanent human colony may be established on Mars in the nearest future. Under the Mars One spaceflight project first four Martians are expected to land on the Red Planet already in 2023 and stay ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Opportunity ascending Solander Point at rim of Endeavour Crater The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. In place for the long Thanksgiving Holiday, Opportunity conducted some in-situ (contact) science at another exposed ... more		Mars lake may have been friendly to microbes: NASA A US space agency rover tooling around on the surface of Mars has found remnants of an ancient freshwater lake that may have supported tiny life forms, scientists said Monday. ... more		China geospatial information industry approaches 1 trillion yuan output Creating hallucination-free, psychedelic-like molecules by shining light on life's basic building blocks Drones take thermal readings to track dolphin health		Rover results include first age and radiation measurements on Mars The U.S. space rover Curiosity is providing critical information about Mars' past and present to help plan future missions, NASA officials said. ... more
				One-way ticket to Mars: space colonists wanted! Bas Lansdorp, the founder of Mars One colony project, believes that in about a decade from now a colony of people from the Earth will appear on Mars. Experts confirm that with the current technologi ... more		Three NASA space instruments hit a science 'trifecta' NASA says three of its space instruments hit the trifecta Wednesday, operating on the same day at the moon, on Mars and en route to Mars. ... more

Ancient crater could hold clues about moon's mantle

Minerals in giant impact crater may be clues to moon's makeup, origin

Silent Orbit for China's Moon Lander

The Dragon Has Landed

China's first lunar rover lands on moon: State TV

More Moon Missions For China

NASA mulls spacewalks to fix space station

Space station cooling breakdown may delay Orbital launch

NASA reports coolant loop problem at ISS

The Sounds of New Horizons

On the Path to Pluto, 5 AU and Closing

SwRI study finds that Pluto satellites' orbital ballet may hint of long-ago collisions

	Martian Laser Surpasses 100,000 Zaps The ChemCam laser instrument aboard NASA's Curiosity rover fired its 100,000th shot recently, chronicling its adventures on Mars with a coffee-table-book's worth of spectral data that might rival sn ... more		Mangalyaan Reaches First Distance Milestone On Route To Mars Indian's first Mars Orbiter Mission - Mangalyaan - might be a long way from its target, but it has already gone further than any spacecraft India has previously launched. The Mars Orbiter Miss ... more		Quietly Cruising Through The Asteroid Belt Gliding smoothly through the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Dawn continues to make good progress on its ambitious mission of exploration. It is patiently but persistently pursuing Cere ... more		Controllers prepare for spacecraft's rendezvous with protoplanet Ceres NASA scientists say they've finalized flight plans for the Dawn spacecraft when it arrives at the dwarf planet Ceres in late March 2015. ... more

Dancing isn't enough: industry pushes for practical robots

AI gobbling up memory chips essential to gadget makers

From sci-fi to sidewalk: exoskeletons go mainstream

NASA's Dawn Fills out its Ceres Dance Card		Opportunity Rover Robotic Arm Within Reach of Rock Outcrop		MAVEN Performs First Trajectory Correction Maneuver		ExoMars program marks critical milestone for ESA and Russia		The State of Super Earths
India's spacecraft successfully begins journey to Mars		Deep Space Perils For Indian Spacecraft		Curiosity Resumes Science After Analysis of Voltage Issue		Sounding Rocket to Peek at Atmosphere of Venus		How Habitable Is Mars? A New View of the Viking Experiments

Winter Means Less Power for Solar Panels

Unusual greenhouse gases may have raised ancient Martian temperature

Research uncovers secrets of Mars' birth from unique meteorite

Billionaire eyes private Mars mission in 2017

Rover Team Working to Diagnose Electrical Issue

Stunning meteorite sheds light on infant Mars

Lockheed Martin-Built MAVEN Launches To Mars

The Overprotection of Mars?

Variation of halogens in martian soil calls for an atmosphere-surface cycle

Evidence found for granite on Mars

The Plan for Inspiration Mars

Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains of Mars soil

NASA launches spacecraft to study Mars atmosphere

LeVar Burton Shares MAVEN's Story in a New NASA PSA

Mars Rover Teams Dub Sites in Memory of Bruce Murray

Martian moon samples will have bits of Mars

NASA release 'tour' of ancient, wet Mars as YouTube video

Curiosity Out of Safe Mode

MAVEN Aims To Answer Where Did the Water on Mars Go

Mission to Mars moon could be a sample-return twofer

Free Newsletters - Space - Defense - Environment - Energy

Buy Advertising

Media Advertising Kit

Editorial & Other Enquiries

Privacy statement

The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2014 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement