Tag: Mars
Ingenuity will criss-cross the sky of Mars for several more months
The Ingenuity drone, which arrived on Mars at the same time as the Perseverance rover in February 2021, will be able to fly until September 2022, or even beyond. A…
ExoMars: the search for life on Mars will still have to wait…
Following its Council meeting, the European Space Agency (ESA) took several decisions following the end of space cooperation with Russia. The most awaited, concerned the fate of the mission ExoMars…
The experimental Ingenuity drone-helicopter will continue to criss-cross the skies of Mars
The Ingenuity drone, which arrived on Mars at the same time as the Perseverance rover in February 2021, will be able to fly until September 2022, or even beyond. A…
A long cloud on Mars, “at the gates of the interplanetary vacuum”, discovered by amateur astronomers
As part of a participatory science program, while the objective was to detect polar auroras on Mars, French amateur astronomers observed and photographed a 3,000 kilometer cloud in the upper…
Discovery of a fascinating “mineral flower” on Mars
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What Curiosity tells us about Mars’ soil formation
In the Gale crater, the Curiosity rover continues to provide us with information on the geology of Mars, on its past environment and in particular on the presence of water.…
Soon oxygen farms on Mars and the Moon for future manned missions?
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Curiosity has discovered a fascinating “mineral flower” on Mars
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Venus approaching Mars
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Mars: the fate of the ExoMars rover will be decided in a few days
Due to the geopolitical context, the sanctions of the European Union and the very strong deterioration of relations with Russia, the launch of the ExoMars mission, in which Russia is…