Mars Mission
- Middle East
UAE to launch probe targeting asteroid between Mars, Jupiter
Dubai: The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday announced plans to send a probe to land on an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter to collect data on the origins of the universe, the…
- World
China’s Mars rover accomplishes planned exploration tasks
Beijing: China’s Mars rover Zhurong has accomplished its exploration and detection tasks as planned. As of August 15, Zhurong had worked on the surface of Mars for 90 Martian days, or about…
- Technology
NASA’s Mars rover fails to pick a rock sample in 1st attempt
Washington: NASA’s Perseverance rover did not collect a rock sample on Mars in its first attempt to gather samples, the US space agency has said. Early last month, the self-driving six-wheeled robot…
- Middle East
UAE’s Hope spacecraft snaps Mars’ glowing auroras
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Hope Mars Mission has snapped the most detailed pictures yet of the ‘discrete nightside auroras’ of the Red Planet, which scientists have struggled to study…
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China’s Mars rover sends 1st selfie, ‘touring’ group photos
Beijing: China has revealed new images from its Zhurong rover on Mars, including a beautiful selfie of the rover next to its landing platform. The first batch of scientific images of the…
- World
China to announce name of its 1st Mars rover
Beijing: Bejing will announce the name of its first Mars rover on the Space Day of China, which falls on April 24, according to authorities on Monday. Nanjing, capital city of Jiangsu province,…
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NASA exchanges data of its Mars mission with India, China, UAE & European Space Agency
Beijing: The U.S. space agency NASA has exchanged data of its current Mars mission with its counterparts in China, India, the UAE and the European Space Agency to lower the risk of…
- Technology
NASA’s first Mars sample collection mission prepares to land
Washington: After a nearly seven-month journey to Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover, its first mission to collect Martian broken rock and dust, is slated to land at a tricky terrain of the Red Planet…
- Middle East
Arab spacecraft enters orbit around Mars in historic flight
Dubai: A spacecraft from the United Arab Emirates swung into orbit around Mars on Tuesday in a triumph for the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. Ground controllers at the UAE’s space centre in…
- Technology
NASA probe spots Martian night sky pulsing in UV light
Washington: New data from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has shown vast areas of the Martian night sky pulsing in ultraviolet light. However, do not expect the future Mars astronauts to see them with naked…
- World
NASA gets Perseverance Mars rover ready to fly
Washington: Amid the pandemic, NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission, scheduled to launch on July 30, has cleared its Flight Readiness Review which is an important milestone on its way to the launch…
- News
China launches 1st rover mission to Mars
Beijing: China on Thursday launched its first rover mission to Mars. The six-wheeled robot, encapsulated in a protective probe, was lifted by a Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang spaceport on Hainan…
- Photos
Mars Mission in the United Arab Emirates
Minamitane: In this image made from MHI’s youtube channel, the H-IIA rocket with United Arab Emirates’ Mars orbiter Hope lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, southern Japan, Monday, July 20,…
