The deadline for the second Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog mission is April 2. Participants will spend a year inside the Mars Dune Alpha simulator at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas, experiencing typical environmental stressors and the limited resources of the Red Planet. ...
Michael Meyer (L), Lead Scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, and Bruce Jakosky (R), MAVEN's principal investigator, discuss recent findings by the MAVEN mission at NASA headquarters November 5, 2015 in Washington, DC. During a one year period that NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volati...
“After 11 and a half years in flight, the spacecraft is healthy and remains fully functional,” said MRO Project Manager Dan Johnston at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. “It’s a marvelous vehicle that we expect will serve the Mars Exploration Program and Mars ...
In addition, recent discoveries of water in theMartian permafrost and of methane in the Martian atmosphere, have generatedoptimism regarding a potentially active subsurface Mars' biosphere. Thesefindings increase the possibility of finding traces of life on a planet likeMars. However, before landing ...
Very familiar with the report findings is Scott Hubbard, a former director of the NASA Ames Research Center, now an affiliate in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University. Hubbard served as NASA's first Mars exploration program director in 2000, earning him the title ...
Exploration of the red planet has often revealed that Mars once had plenty of water on its surface but it’s no longer there. Now NASA’s Curiosity rover has found deposits of carbon-rich minerals that could give us a much needed clue. Continue reading“How Did Mars Become Uninhabitable?
Introduction Past, current, and future missions to Mars are primarily motivated by the outstanding question of whether life ever existed on the red planet1. Landed missions like the Mars Exploration Rovers, Phoenix, and the active Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and Mars2020 rovers were tasked with...
They are sure to be a continued focus of attention as the intensity and scope of Mars exploration increases over the next decade," Clifford observed. Now mix in recent findings about the origin and range of life here on our own planet. "Life is incredible and the envelope for what we ...
“Curiosity is doing well, over five years into the mission,” Michael Meyer, NASA Lead Scientist, Mars Exploration Program, NASA Headquarters told Universe Today in an interview. “A key finding is the discovery of an extended period of habitability on ancient Mars.” ...
NASA,the American space agency,said more research is needed.Michael Meyer is the lead scientist for NASA's Mars exploration programme.He noted that the latest study does not reject the presence of water.But he admitted,...