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Is there life on Mars? Landing of ExoMars probe today may tell us more

Destination: The Red Planet.

19/10/2016

World News

All you need to know about Europe's new mission to Mars

Mars has long piqued people’s interest – from science fiction tales of Martians to Elon Musk’s goal of one day colonising the planet.

18/10/2016

World News

ExoMars arrives at the Red Planet

ExoMars is a mission of firsts – if all goes to plan then this will be Europe’s first controlled landing on Mars, and this is the first mission of its kind to go directly in search of signs of…

18/10/2016

Sci-Tech

ExoMars mission enters crucial stage

ExoMars, the European Space Agency’s mission to Mars, is at a crucial stage.

18/10/2016

World

European probe set to touch down on Mars

The European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli spacecraft is on course to land on Mars, after it successfully separated from its mothership, the Trace Gas Orbiter, on…

16/10/2016

World News

ExoMars has Red Planet in its sights - within days!

Landing on Mars is notoriously difficult.

14/10/2016

USA

SpaceX announces plans to colonise Mars

SpaceX, the space technology firm is setting its sights on Mars.

28/09/2016

Sci-Tech

NASA prepares humanoid robots for trip to Mars

Humanoid Robots to pioneer Mars colonisation?

30/05/2016

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A 360° video of Mars shows the red planet like never before

NASA has released a new video that lets viewers share the view from the Mars Curiosity Rover of the bleak Naukluft Plateau. The 360-degree video

28/04/2016

Russia

ExoMars mission leaves Earth's orbit heading for Mars

After a successful launch, the joint European-Russian mission to sniff out signs of life on Mars has left Earth’s orbit and is heading for the Red

14/03/2016

World News

Russian-ESA Exomars blasts off to find life on the Red Planet

The ExoMars probe has blasted off on Monday (March 14) on board a Russian Proton rocket from Kazakhstan to the red planet. [no comment live] esa</a

14/03/2016

World

Methane the key to life for ExoMars 2016 mission

Scientists from the European Space Agency and Russia’s Federal Space Agency face a weekend of intense tinkering ahead of Monday’s ExoMars mission

11/03/2016

Kazakhstan

Astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth after longest US space mission

An American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut have returned to Earth after an unprecedented period of almost a year in space for NASA. The time spent

02/03/2016

World News

NASA reveals clues to Mars' watery past

Scientists at NASA have revealed what they believe stripped Mars of water, turning it into the arid Red Planet. “What happened to the Mars

06/11/2015

World News

Is there life on Mars? NASA announces liquid water discovered

Under certain circumstances, liquid water has been found on Mars. This was the out of this world announcement from NASA following years of

28/09/2015

World News

NASA discovers evidence of "liquid briny water" flowing on Mars

NASA is set to announce a “major” new discovery on Mars, reported to be liquid water on the red planet. Follow the press conference with euronews.

28/09/2015

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Preparing for Mars

08/08/2015

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emrates leads way with planned mission to Mars

27/07/2015

Kazakhstan

Long mission begins for astronaut and two cosmonauts on ISS

It is the start of a long mission in space for a US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts. The three men blasted off in a Russian Soyuz rocket from

27/03/2015

United Kingdom

The Beagle has landed - Britain's missing spacecraft found on Mars

Beagle 2 was part of the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission

16/01/2015