MARS

The Mineral Vein 'Homestake'

Water on Mars: NASA Probe Finds Proof of Ancient Flow

A sliver of mineral deposits left over from ancient water flows has been discovered on Mars by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, researchers said Dec. 7. The bright vein of mineral appears to be gypsum and is about an inch wide by 18-inches long.
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Violence, pepper spray mars Black Friday shopping

A shopper pepper-sprayed other bargain hunters and robbers shot at customers to steal their Black Friday purchases, marring the start of the U.S. holiday shopping season, according to authorities.
NASA Mars Mission Set to Mark Australian Significance on ‘Martian Landmarks’

NASA to Launch New Space Craft to Mars

NASA is preparing to launch its largest and most advanced Mars rover at the end of the month. It will spend nearly two years examining areas of the Red Planet.
The Phobos-Grunt (Phobos-Soil) Spacecraft in Baikonur Cosmodrome

Russian Spacecraft with Mission to Mars in Deep Trouble

Phobos-Grunt, Russia's space probe to the Martian moon Phobos, is stuck in orbit Wednesday. Officials cite equipment failure as the problem, raising new fears that the probe could release toxic fuel as it falls back towards earth, unless engineers are able to steer it back on track.
Russian Spacecraft crashed

Russia to Send Spacecraft to Mars

Russia is the latest country to ramp up their space exploration efforts. On Wednesday, Russia will launch a probe into space with a mission of collecting information on the Martian moon, Phobos.
Mars500 experiment crew members react after leaving the mock spaceship in Moscow

Mars crew lands after 520 days in isolation

Pale-faced but smiling, the crew of a long-duration isolation study emerged bleary-eyed to daylight and applause Friday after 520 days locked away in windowless, cramped cells to simulate the length of a journey to Mars.
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NASA's New Mars Rover Reaches Florida Launch Pad

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, a $2.5 billion rover designed to assess that planet's suitability for life, arrived at its Florida launch pad on Thursday in preparation for a planned November 25 liftoff, the U.S. space agency said.
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Three year Mission to Mars Caught in Three Minutes [VIDEO]

It's been a long and lonely mission on Mars for NASA's Rover Opportunity, but as the gold-sized robot reached the rim of a 14-mile-wide crater, the highlights of its finding have been captured in a three-minute video complied from 309 images.
Singer Bruno Mars performs on NBC's "Today" show in New York June 24, 2011.

Bruno Mars' Song on Breaking Dawn Soundtrack

It Will Rain by Bruno Mars will be the first song from the upcoming soundtrack for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, the film's studio Summit Entertainment said on Thursday.

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