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Mars rover Curiosity successfully resumes drilling after remote hackathon by NASA engineers

The dead drilling motor on Mars rover Curiosity was successfully replaced with alternate robotic arms remotely by NASA scientists at JPL and the rover is back in sample collection at Gale Crater

May 26, 2018

NASA sending a robot helicopter to Mars in 2020

The Mars Helicopter will be the size of a football and weigh about 1.8 kg. Its twin blade setup will spin ten times faster than Earth choppers and if it does manage to fly, it will take 90-second-long trips over the course of a month.

May 13, 2018

NASA's InSight lander attached to Atlas V, launch set for May 5

On May 5 NASA will launch its next Mars mission that will offer a look into the deep interior structure of Mars- this will be the first time that a mission is concentrating on the interior of the planet.

Apr 30, 2018

NASA's women scientists rank space movies from worst to best - the list

Scientists at NASA are fans of film, more so when they are based in space - here is a ranking of what real space engineers think of space movies.

Apr 22, 2018

How NASA plans to look inside Mars with its next lander

A heat probe, a tungsten hammer, and a seismograph will give astronomers a good look inside the red planet.

Apr 20, 2018

Supervolcano or impact crater? Scientists don't know what this Martian feature is

It is about 75 km wide and is in the transition zone between the highlands and lowlands of Mars, so hypotheses are aplenty.

Apr 13, 2018

Unborn baby looks like an alien in MRI scan, shocks couple [Video]

The scan apparently shows a furious-looking baby staring at the camera with large bulging eyes, and the outline of his brain is clearly visible.

Apr 13, 2018

First ever Antarctic harvest shows how food can be grown on Mars

Salad greens and vegetables were grown and harvested for the first time in Antarctica to study how this can be done on Mars.

Apr 8, 2018

Robot bees could help NASA expand capabilities of future Mars Rovers

Marsbees will be about as big as bumblebees and could assist the exploration of Mars using a wide range of sensors and other equipment.

Apr 4, 2018

Elon Musk's Mars colonization plans published- here are the highlights

Elon Musk's plans to colonize Mars, build a massive rocket, and set up a Moon base is now officially academic literature and it is free for all to read.

Mar 27, 2018

What causes orange snow? 'We're skiing on Mars today,' say skiers [Photos]

Skiers and snowboarders could be seen skiing down orange tinted slopes at the Sochi Ski Resort in Russia, and some of them commented that an apocalypse is near!

Mar 26, 2018

Oceans on Mars could have formed early because of violent volcanic eruptions

Oceans on Mars likely formed earlier than thought before, or along with the Solar System's largest volcano - Tharsis.

Mar 20, 2018

NASA's Mars 2020 rover has entered key assembly, test and launch phase

The 2020 rover will be launched with updated tech, cameras, and instruments trained to look for bio-signatures and possible habitats for human travelers.

Mar 15, 2018

A cherry red Tesla Roadster automobile floats through space after it was carried there by SpaceX's Falcon Heavy in this image obtained by Reuters on February 9, 2018.

Did Elon Musk violate NASA guidelines while sending Tesla Roadster into space?

Scientists don't want another Tesla Roadster in space without sterilization as it poses threat to lifeforms on other planets.

Mar 1, 2018

The sun sets on the Atacama desert in the Huasco region.

Is life on Mars a possibility? Microbes discovered in Earth's driest desert offer hope

The soil on the surface of the Atacama Desert in South America is equally hostile and inhospitable as that of the surface of Mars.

Feb 27, 2018

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