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Lockheed Martin is among several companies working on deep space habitats with NASA, which hopes to send the first astronauts to Mars in the 2030s.

This Mars lander will allow humans to explore the Red Planet

NASA is planning missions into the space between Earth and the Moon for the next decade to prepare for trips to Mars.

29 Sept 2017 11:38 AM IST

The country had on 24 September 2014 successfully placed the Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft in the orbit around the red plane.

India's Mars Orbiter Mission completes 3 years in Martian orbit

India's low-cost Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has completed three years in its Martian orbit, says ISRO.

26 Sept 2017 8:52 AM IST

To understand how rainfall on Mars changed over time, the researchers had to consider how its atmosphere has changed.

Ancient Mars supported liquid water: study

Mars had a surface environment that supported liquid water about 3.5 billion years ago.

19 Sept 2017 3:34 PM IST

The crew of four men and two women were quarantined on a vast plain below the summit of the worlds largest active volcano in January.

Mars research subjects to emerge after 8 months of isolation

Their first order of business after subsisting on mostly freeze-dried and canned food.

16 Sept 2017 9:39 AM IST

Mars as seen by the webcam on ESAs Mars Express orbiter in 2016. (Photo: AFP)

NASA gravity map shows Mars has porous crust

The researchers mapped the density of the Martian crust, estimating the average density is 2,582 kilogrammes per cubic...

14 Sept 2017 8:02 PM IST

The new research was made possible by the discovery by NASAs Curiosity Mars rover of manganese oxides. (Photo: AFP)

Mars likely to have enough oxygen for life support

As per a latest report, salty water just below the surface of Mars could hold enough oxygen.

23 Oct 2018 4:36 PM IST

This illustration made available by NASA in October 2016 shows an illustration of NASAs InSight lander about to land on the surface of Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

NASA spacecraft lands on red planet after six-month journey

NASA's InSight spacecraft will enter the Martian atmosphere at supersonic speed, then hit the brakes to land on the...

27 Nov 2018 3:39 PM IST

Viking 1 landing site on Mars (Photo: NASA)

Mars landing looms for NASA; anxiety building a day out

InSight's journey of six months and 300 million miles (482 million kilometres) comes to a precarious grand finale on...

26 Nov 2018 7:01 PM IST

This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. This composite photo was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s. The attraction is sure to grow on Monday, November 26 with the arrival of a NASA lander named InSight. (NASA via AP, File)

New lander will add to humans' long fascination with Mars

In our solar system family, Mars is Earth's next-of-kin, the next-door relative that has captivated humans for...

26 Nov 2018 2:23 PM IST

The stationary probe, launched from California in May, will then pause for 16 minutes for the dust to settle, literally, around the landing site before its disc-shaped solar arrays unfurl to provide power. (Photo: NASA)

NASA spacecraft nears Red Planet on mission to detect 'marsquakes'

If all goes according to plan, InSight will streak into the pink Martian sky nearly 24 hours later at 12,000 miles per...

26 Nov 2018 11:50 AM IST

Microbial growth could be used to produce a nutritious food for deep space flight. (Photo: Pixabay)

Microbes used to convert human waste into space food

The team found that methane was readily produced during anaerobic digestion of human waste and could be used to grow a...

29 Jan 2018 8:43 PM IST

The technology could power habitats and life-support systems, enable astronauts to mine resources, recharge rovers and run processing equipment to transform resources such as ice on the planet into oxygen, water and fuel. (Photo: NASA)

US tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on Mars

NASA's prototype power system uses a uranium-235 reactor core roughly the size of a paper towel roll.

20 Jan 2018 9:31 AM IST