Solar System - Mars Topics
Destination: Gusev Crater
2003 — April 6, 2011
On January 3, 2004, NASA's Mars rover Spirit is scheduled to land in a strange crater that might be an ancient martian lake bed.
Membranes on Mars
2003 — April 6, 2011
Thin membranes developed by NASA-funded researchers could help people go to Mars--and clean the air here on Earth.
Instant Glider--Just Add Light.
2003 — April 6, 2011
This weekend university students will test an innovative concept for Mars Explorationwhen they loft a glider with inflatable wings to the edge of space 100,000 ft above Earth.
The Planet that Won't Go Away
2003 — April 6, 2011
Mars' closest approach to Earth was on August 27th--but The Red Planetis even easier to see now.
Pictures of Earth from Mars
2003 — April 6, 2011
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft turned away from Mars for a while on May 8th and took a unique picture of Earth from Mars-orbit.
Mars Dust
2003 — April 6, 2011
On July 1st a bright dust cloud spilled out of Hellas Basin, a giant impact crater on Mars' southern hemisphere, and quickly grew large enough to see from Earth. Amateur astronomers have been tracking the cloud ever since.
Snow Gullies on Mars
2003 — April 6, 2011
NASA spacecraft may have finally found the mysterious source of gullies on Mars: melting snow.
Mars is Melting
2003 — April 6, 2011
It's not every day you get to watch a planetary ice cap melt, but this month you can. All you need are clear skies, a backyard telescope, and a sky map leading to Mars.
Close Encounters with Mars
2003 — Sept. 20, 2011
This week Earth makes its nearest approach to Mars in almost 60,000 years. Everyone on our planet will be close to Mars--but somewhere, someone will be the closest of all. Where?
Approaching Mars
2003 — April 6, 2011
Amateur astronomers report that The Red Planetis now so close, you can see its south polar cap through a backyard telescope.