Tag: Mars
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First person on Mars likely to be woman: NASA
NASA will also have its first all-female spacewalk at the end of the month, when astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch will get to float around in space.
March 13, 2019 -
Listen | NASA releases first ‘voices’ captured in Mars and this is how it sounds like
Two sensors picked up the vibrations: an air pressure sensor inside the lander and a seismometer on the lander’s deck, awaiting to be deployed to the surface by InSight’s robotic arm.
December 8, 2018 -
NASA eyes return to Moon, to announce partnerships with US companies
Working with US companies is the next step to achieving long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and Mars, NASA said in a statement on Tuesday.
November 28, 2018 -
NASA InSight: Figuring out a connection
A close look at Mars may tell us a lot about Earth and help find the directions required to design future experiments and missions to the Red Planet.
November 28, 2018 -
InSight catching rays on Mars: NASA
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, that is currently orbiting the Red Planet, relayed the signals.
November 27, 2018 -
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk plans to go to Mars despite ‘good chance’ of death
Musk's spaceship designed for interplanetary travel 'Starship' is a fully reusable vehicle designed to take humans and supplies to Mars and also to dramatically cut travel time within Earth.
November 26, 2018 -
MARS second season on National Geographic showcases how mankind will live on the Red Planet
Season 2 of National Geographic’s series MARS –returns with a six-episode arc continuing in last season’s unique hybrid format: alternating scripted and documentary sequences to predict what life will be like on the Red Planet forecasted by what’s happening today on Earth.
November 8, 2018 -
NASA Curiosity rover completes 6 years on Mars
Curiosity, which landed on Mars in 2012, was designed to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small life forms called microbes.
August 6, 2018 -
Don’t miss to watch Mars tonight — it will brightest in 15 years
Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, will be 57.6 million kilometres from Earth on Tuesday, the closest it has been since 2003
July 31, 2018 -
Blood Moon dazzles Earth in longest lunar eclipse of century
Bad weather thwarted the cosmic display in several parts of the world.
July 28, 2018 -
Missed the lunar eclipse? Find out when is the next
There’s more to this week, celestially, than the longest lunar eclipse of the century!
July 28, 2018 -
Complete lunar eclipse begins, the longest of this century
The total eclipse lasts 1 hour and 43 minutes, with the entire event lasting closer to four hours.
July 28, 2018 -
Sun, moon and Mars: Three celestial treats lined up in July
After a partial solar eclipse on July 13, get ready to witness century's longest total lunar eclipse on July 27-28 and then Mars coming closest to the Earth in 15 years on July 31
July 12, 2018 -
Wasn’t always lifeless
Scientists say ‘ingredients for life’ on the Red Planet bring us closer than ever to finding extra-terrestrials.
June 13, 2018 -
NASA sending autonomous helicopter to Mars with 2020 rover
NASA has confirmed it is sending an autonomous helicopter to Red Planet that will travel with the Mars rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020.
May 12, 2018 -
NASA’s InSight spacecraft blasts off to Mars
NASA's InSight mission to study the deep interior of Mars blasted off to the Red Planet on Saturday aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.
May 5, 2018 -
Aiming for the stars
On 16 July 1969, a towering Saturn 5 rocket sat on Pad 39A at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. At 9.32 am, the five enormous F-1 engines of its first stage ignited, expelling orange flame, dark smoke and 7.5 million pounds of thrust to lift the three astronauts of Apollo 11 into space. Buzz …
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February 7, 2018