Mars articles

• 

  Article

  Mars rover landing to be screened in Times Square

  By Louis Goddard on August 1, 2012 08:29 am + 26 comments

  The expected landing of NASA's Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars next Monday will be shown live Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Mars Rover Opportunity returns amazing panorama from the Red Planet

  By Sam Byford on July 6, 2012 12:04 am + 56 comments

  Almost exactly nine years after first blasting off from Earth, the Mars rover Opportunity just keeps Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  NASA reveals Orion capsule, set for eventual Mars mission

  By Louis Goddard on July 3, 2012 06:03 am + 52 comments

  NASA has unveiled a new passenger module with the ultimate goal of taking astronauts to Mars. Dubbed Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  'Space Program: Mars' exhibit brings NASA's glory days to Park Avenue

  By Jamie Keene on May 17, 2012 05:55 am + 1 comments

  Artist Tom Sachs' latest installation could be seen as a "what might have been" if the golden age of Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Future Mars expedition gear tested in icy Austrian cave

  By Andrew Webster on May 8, 2012 04:09 pm + 2 comments

  A group of scientists recently took to an icy cave in Austria in order to test equipment that could Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  NASA wants scientists and technologists worldwide to help with the next Mars mission

  By Adi Robertson on April 16, 2012 08:55 am + 15 comments

  Despite funding uncertainty, NASA is still pushing to send humans to Mars by the 2030s, and it's Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Smithsonian tours its meteorite storage facility: over 15,000 samples in 'tight security'

  By Andrew Webster on April 2, 2012 06:55 pm + 6 comments

  In Suitland, Maryland the Smithsonian stores thousands of Antarctic meteorites so well that the Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Leaked document outlines Russia's space exploration plans until 2030

  By Ryan Heise on March 15, 2012 06:36 am + 28 comments

  While NASA scrapes together money to get to Mars, and China slowly ramps up its space program, Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  NASA pulling budget from other projects to fund future Mars missions

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 2, 2012 01:26 pm + 25 comments

  NASA is in the planning phases for some Mars missions in the second half of the decade, and it's Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  HiRISE's new images of Mars are released

  By Laura June on January 12, 2012 01:03 am + 2 comments

  If you're not already familiar, HiRISE, or the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, is a Continue reading…