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On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

NASA's mini-satellites successfully steer towards Mars

Over the last week, two CubeSats called MarCO-A and MarCO-B have been firing their propulsion systems to guide...

4 Jun 2018 6:28 PM IST

Mars is the most accessible planet beyond the Earth-Moon system but the challenges of exploration are required to be well-understood to sustain a permanent human presence there.

Manned mission to Mars: The challenges

Reducing the exposure to zero gravity and radiation events helps reduce the risk to the crew.

20 Aug 2018 1:24 AM IST

Dust storm that may soon encircle Mars is threatening a Mars rover. (Photo: Pixabay)

NASA mission to find how giant Mars mountains formed

Mars has some of the tallest mountains in the solar system.

31 Aug 2018 12:12 PM IST

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket with the NASA Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) onboard is seen shortly after the mobile service tower at SLC-2 was rolled back at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The ICESat-2 mission will measure the changing height of Earths ice. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

NASA satellite launched to measure Earth's ice changes

The mission is a successor to the original Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite that operated from 2003 to 2009.

16 Sept 2018 11:02 AM IST

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

NASA tests foldable heat shield that could assist human Mars landing

The new technology - dubbed the Adaptable Deployable Entry Placement Technology - stores like a folded umbrella inside...

15 Sept 2018 8:48 AM IST

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

Mars weather: 'Cloudy, chance of nighttime snowstorm'

The new findindgs suggest that ice-water particles swirling in a storm hit the ground within minutes.

23 Aug 2017 7:35 AM IST

This artists concept from August 2015 depicts NASAs InSight Mars lander fully deployed for studying the deep interior of Mars. The mission will launch during the period March 4 to March 30, 2016, and land on Mars Sept. 28, 2016. (Photo: NASA)

NASA's next Mars mission to probe red planet's deep interior

Information gathered by the Insight mission will boost understanding of how all rocky planets formed, including Earth,...

29 Aug 2017 3:33 PM IST

Unlike on Earth, the snow and ice is carbon dioxide, better known to us as dry ice. (Photo: NASA)

NASA unveils 'stunning image' of snow-covered dunes on Mars

The image was taken on May 21 in the Northern hemisphere of Mars by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment...

27 Aug 2017 8:39 AM IST

Loren explains the tough situations that the astronauts would probably have when they would be locked inside this space suit designed for Mars.

Video | She tried out the Mars space suit, wasn't happy

The new space suits for Mars is being designed and tested out at the University of North Dakota.

20 Aug 2017 9:44 AM IST

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

Mars 2020 rover to use smart techniques to find signs of life

The Mars Exploration Program with a planned launch in 2020 builds on the success of prior rovers.

17 Aug 2017 4:02 PM IST

The discovery will involve findings from the Hubble Space Telescope and NASAs Cassini spacecraft, which is orbiting Saturn.

Nasa offers Rs 1 cr to stop alien invasion'

The concern also works the other way, most imminently for Mars.

3 Aug 2017 6:14 AM IST

Six carefully selected scientists have entered a man-made dome on a remote Hawaii volcano as part of a human-behaviour study. (Photo: University of Hawaii via AP)

Nasa drill to test possibility for Mars stay

Nasa hopes to send humans to an asteroid in the 2020s and Mars by the 2030s.

22 Jan 2017 4:47 AM IST