Mars

Martian dreams: Mars probe part of Alberta scientist’s childhood dream 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 29, 2020
A Canadian scientist says helping NASA with a mission to Mars to look for signs of life is the fulfillment of a childhood dream.

By David Aragorn
Nasa Mars rover: How Perseverance will hunt for signs of past life 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 28, 2020
Nasa’s Perseverance rover, due to launch to Mars this summer, will search an ancient crater lake for signs of past life. But if biology ever emerged on the Red Planet, how will scientists recognise it? Here, deputy project scientist Ken Williford explains what they’re looking for.

By David Aragorn
NASA camera spots China’s Tianwen-1 Mars spacecraft speeding away from Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 28, 2020
Spacecraft or space rock?

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover gets its nuclear power source 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 25, 2020
The nuclear power generator for NASA’s Perseverance rover has been installed on the spacecraft atop an Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral, and mission managers gave a green light Wednesday to continue preparations for the rover’s July 30 launch.

By David Aragorn
China launches its first unmanned mission to Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 25, 2020
China successfully launched an unmanned probe to Mars on Thursday in its first independent mission to another planet, in a display of its technological prowess and ambition to join an elite club of space-faring nations.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Curiosity rover is about to drill into this weird rock 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 22, 2020
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has arrived at its next drilling location and plans to take samples of a rock known as “Breamish.”

By David Aragorn
Mars 2020 Team Using Australian Rocks in Search for Life on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- July 16, 2020
Scientists are investigating evidence of ancient terrestrial microbes preserved in Australia as well as mineral maps derived from Mars orbiter data to shed light on how to search for life on Mars.

By David Aragorn
NASA: Alien Life is ‘Highest Planetary Protection Priority’ for Mars Missions 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 16, 2020
NASA wants to explore Mars, but a new agency directive shows that avoiding “extraterrestrial life and bioactive molecules” hitching a ride back to Earth is a top priority.

By David Aragorn
NASA reveals what the Mars Helicopter is really going to do 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 15, 2020
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is obviously the star of the Mars 2020 mission.

By David Aragorn
How upcoming missions to Mars will help predict its wild dust storms 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 14, 2020
Future trips by rovers and astronauts will need better forecasts to survive dangerous weather

By David Aragorn