mars mission, organic matter, perseverance rover

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Investigates Geologically Rich Mars Terrain

NASA’s Perseverance rover is well into its second science campaign, collecting rock-core samples from features within an area long considered by scientists to be a top prospect for finding signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. The rover has collected four samples from an ancient river delta in the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater since July 7, ...

Troy Oakes

NASA's Perseverance rover.

China’s First Mars Lander is Going to be Called ‘Tianwen’

Friday April 24 was China’s “Space Day,” celebrated on the 50-year anniversary of its first satellite launch. This past Friday, China marked the occasion with the announcement of the name for their first Mars Lander: Tianwen. According to China’s National Space Administration (CNSA), Tianwen translates to “Quest for Heavenly Truth.” China is enjoying the success ...

Troy Oakes

Chang'e 4.

NASA Planning to Manufacture Oxygen on Mars

Sometime in 2020, NASA will launch a mission to Mars that is scheduled to land the Perseverance rover on the red planet by the following year. The mission is aimed at exploring the ancient environment of Mars and researching its geological processes as well as determining its past habitability. The rover will be carrying NASA’s ...

Armin Auctor

Mars sunrise.

SpaceX, Elon Musk, and When We Finally Land on Mars

To the Moon? History says we’ve been there. Mars? Only with probes and the like. Never has any human set foot on Mars soil during the past recorded 5,000 years and this will soon change, according to SpaceX’s Elon Musk. The SpaceX travel research and development company, spearheaded by Elon Musk, claimed flights to Mars ...

Hermann Rohr