Meet Perseverance, NASA's new Mars rover
‘Perseverance’ will land on Mars’ Jerezo crater a little after 3.40 pm EST on February 18, 2021
Human trials on Earth are the key to how we will survive on Mars
What's the best way to find out how people will cope with the journey to Mars and life on another planet? Lock a test crew up for a year in a …
Mars Orbiter Mission completes 100 days in space
The spacecraft, which at present is 16 million km from Earth, has been continuously sending data, indicating all systems are functioning as expected
James Webb gets a close look at the Red Planet for the first time
Perseverance rover collects key rock samples, while Mars shows signatures of water, carbon dioxide in atmosphere
Simply Put: Mars water & Earth water
India reaches for Mars
Mars: mounting evidence for subglacial lakes, but could they really host life?
Although the new findings make Mars even more interesting than before, they haven’t advanced its ranking in the list of solar system bodies …
NASA rover ‘Perseverance’ captures eclipse involving Mars’ satellite ‘Phobos’
These observations can help scientists better understand Phobos’ orbit and how its gravity pulls on the Martian surface, ultimately shaping …
Mars orbiter's first course correction manoeuvre successful
Three more corrections are planned during the satellite's journey to the orbit of Mars to prevent it from straying from trajectory
Humans will leave Earth not to explore, but to exploit
Wing Commander (retired) Rakesh Sharma recently completed 35 years of being the first Indian to have ever set foot in space. He talked to Down To …
Mars orbiter begins final journey to Red Planet
Mangalyaan leaves Earth’s orbit; the spacecraft will now travel through the heliosphere—sphere of sun's influence—for next 10 months
NASA tests autonomous drill to explore signs of life on Mars
The drill can operate without real-time human input. If it gets stuck, it can also dislodge itself
India’s Mangalyaan set to reach Mars' orbit in 100 days
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) completes 70 per cent of space journey, NASA’s MAVEN also to reach Mars about the same time
Live updates Mars mission
NASA's Maven reaches Mars
The spacecraft will study the planet’s atmosphere for the next 10 months
New AI tool may help discover extraterrestrial life, solve long-standing debates on Earth
It can tell difference between molecules that originate from life and those that come from non-living sources with 90% accuracy
How does Mars sound? First audio clip from the Red Planet gives an idea
Any note we hear on Earth would sound fainter and more sombre on Mars, observed the Perseverance rover
Did life exist on Mars? NASA's 2020 mission to seek answers
US space agency aims to launch new rover to explore whether the Red Planet has an environment that suggests capability of supporting life, or …
Red Planet's river saga
India's Mangalyaan is halfway to Mars
Course correction procedure scheduled in April cancelled as the Mars orbiter is already on the right path, says ISRO
Life on Mars? NASA's Curiosity helps discover traces of ancient ocean
A recently released set of topography maps provides new evidence for an ancient northern ocean on Mars, signifying a higher potential for life on …
NASA releases first pieces of the multispectral maps of Mars
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been mapping minerals on the red Planet for the last 16 years with the help of CRISM
Marsquakes: InSight lander shows active faults in the planet’s crust
It successfully managed to use a robot arm to place a seismometer on ground clear of landing platform, then cover it with a wind & thermal shield
Red planet rumbles: NASA’s recordings of ‘marsquakes’ let us listen to the martian heartbeat
Sounds and vibrations are important, they tell us about the medium they’re travelling through