At the present time it is obvious that the red planet once had large lakes and rivers but the presence of water doesn’t prove life existed on Mars. As a matter of fact, water in the form of a liquid is only one of the numerous other factors needed to support life. A report claims that researchers will have to explore other factors to determine how habitable the planet may have been … [Read more...]
NASA’s Mars Mission Takes Its First Major Step
The Mars mission is something that scientists have dreamt of since mid-20th century. Immense amounts of time and money have been invested in the past decade to make this dream real, and for the first time in history, everyone can see with their own eyes that we are, slowly but surely, getting there. Although probes and rovers have been trekking on Martian land for a while, the aim has always … [Read more...]
Comet Flies by Mars in Once-in-a-Lifetime Event
During an extremely rare fly-by, comet Siding Spring zoomed by Mars on October 19th in an event that scientists bill as being once-in-a-lifetime. The event could help astronomers better understand what occurred during the earliest days of our solar system. Siding Spring flew as close as 87,000 miles to the Martian surface at 2:27 PM EDT-approximately one third of the distance between Earth and … [Read more...]
MAVEN Captures Solar Storm Hitting Mars
Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) already provides exciting data. NASA launched the Mars probe on November 18, 2013. On September 22, 2014, less than a year after, MAVEN reached the red planet’s orbit after a 442 million miles long journey. The latest NASA spacecraft was send with one primary purpose. MAVEN will analyze the upper Martian atmosphere for traces of water. Curiosity … [Read more...]
NASA Spacecraft Seeking Answers to Lost Water Approaches Mars
After a long 10 month journey to the red planet, a NASA spacecraft will enter Mars’s orbit on Sunday in order to investigate how the planet lost its water. The spacecraft traveled 422 million miles from Earth and will experience a do-or-die burn of its braking rockets scheduled to start at 9:37 PM EDT/0137 GMT. MAVEN’s (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) thruster burns will hopefully give … [Read more...]
Curiosity Rover Reaches Landmark Destination on Mars
After a two year journey, Curiosity Rover reached Mount Sharp. Everyone is excited, as this is actually the main scientific field site for the high-tech Mars rover. Mount Sharp was chosen as the main research site before Curiosity was launched into space from Cape Canaveral in November 2011. “We are here to tell everyone that the next phase of research on Mars for Curiosity can now begin,” … [Read more...]
Spacex’s Elon Musk says, he will Put HUMANS On MARS By 2026
Electric car and rocket tycoon Elon Musk expects to put the first human on Mars in the next decade and says he'll float his SpaceX company on Earth-bound stock exchanges once the interplanetary mission gets underway.He recently unveiled a manned version of his successful Dragon spacecraft. He’s talking about retrieving the first stage of his Falcon 9 rocket, a feat that has never been … [Read more...]
US Mars Mission is Unaffordable suffering under budget constraints
With the Mars being hoped as a probable life supporting planet, space missions on the red planet becomes more important. The leading countries are one after another sending space expeditions in search of life on Mars. In such a scenario the United States can't afford not to undertake such a mission. The constraints on the budget around making the landing of astronauts on Mars an unaffordable … [Read more...]
NASA releases selfies sent by Curiosity rover
US space agency NASA has released lateast pictures of Mars and its surface alongwith some of the selfie of Curiosity. The rare images, clicked by Curiosity on April 27 and 28, were assembled by space blogger Jason Major. The latest selfie of Curiosity rover shows its ‘face’ i.e. the eye-like navigation cameras and the workhorse Mastcam. The pictures were taken by a camera mounted on an arm … [Read more...]
Red planet Mars offers rare celestial treat to sky gazers
The space lovers had a rare celestial treat on Tuesday (April 8) when the Earth, Mars and Sun came in a straight line, giving a close glimpse of the red planet. The rare event was termed as ‘opposition’ by the astronauts because Mars and the Sun were on opposite sides of the sky and our planet Earth soared between the two celestial bodies. But those who have missed the rare sight need not … [Read more...]
