Mars missions

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  • India's Mars Orbiter Loses Contact With Earth
    RED PLANET MISSION
    After eight years of orbiting the Red Planet, India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) may have reached the end of its mission.
  • Europe Officially Kicks Out Russia In ExoMars Project
    Scale model of ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter displayed during Paris Air Show 2015
    The Rosalind Franklin rover was supposed to take off on a Russian Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a facility managed by Roscosmos and the Russian military.
  • China Aims To Return Samples From Mars To Earth In 2031
    Image of Mars taken by Chinese Mars rover Zhurong as part of the Tianwen-1 mission, in Beijing
    According to media reports, China plans to send samples of Mars to Earth in 2031, two years before NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).
  • 'Life On Mars' Simulation Happening In Rocky Israeli Crater
    Perseverance’s First Full-Color Look at Mars
    Astronauts wearing space suits take big steps for mankind in a crater in Israel.
  • China Working On Its Own Mars Helicopter
    Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in an undated illustration provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
    The CNNSC has shown off a prototype for a 'Mars cruise drone' that looks a bit familiar.
  • Why Are Countries 'Racing' To Mars?
    A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover vehicle lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
    We don't want science to be a competition -- everyone is welcome to do it.