Tag: Mars

NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to Acquire First Sample (NASA)

NASA writes: NASA is making final preparations for its Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock, which future planned missions...

NASA’s InSight Reveals the Deep Interior of Mars (NASA)

NASA writes: Before NASA’s InSight spacecraft touched down on Mars in 2018, the rovers and orbiters studying the Red Planet concentrated on its surface....

(Space) Better understanding of Earth’s atmospheric chemistry from studying Mars? (ESA)

ESA writes: Long-term studies of ozone and water vapour in the atmosphere of Mars could lead to better understanding of atmospheric chemistry for the...

(Space) Why countries are desperate to defy the odds and access Mars (WEF)

John Letzing Three countries have reached the Red Planet with missions in the past few weeks. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/why-is-mars-getting-so-crowded/

(Mars/NASA) NASA Releases Mars Landing Video: ‘Stuff of Our Dreams’ (VoA)

NASA on Monday released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars, a three-minute trailer showing the enormous orange and white parachute...

(Space/Mars/International Competition) Will Mars become an object of international competition? (Brookings)

Darrell M. West February has been a big month for Mars exploration. We already have seen the United Arab Emirates and China successfully place orbiters around Mars, while the...