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Newswise: Curiosity Rover ChemCam Engineering Team awarded Explorers Club Citation of Merit
Released: 12-Apr-2022 1:45 PM EDT
Curiosity Rover ChemCam Engineering Team awarded Explorers Club Citation of Merit
Los Alamos National Laboratory

The Curiosity Rover ChemCam Engineering Team was awarded the Citation of Merit by the Explorers Club, a society that promotes exploration and scientific field study.

Newswise: Perseverance analyzes the first sounds from Mars
Released: 1-Apr-2022 3:00 AM EDT
Perseverance analyzes the first sounds from Mars
Los Alamos National Laboratory

The NASA Perseverance rover, which has been exploring the Jezero Crater on Mars since February 2021, has recorded the acoustic environment of the red planet for the first time.

Newswise: UAH Space Hardware Club team’s robotic rover on its way to summertime competition in Utah
Released: 25-Mar-2022 1:30 PM EDT
UAH Space Hardware Club team’s robotic rover on its way to summertime competition in Utah
University of Alabama Huntsville

After two years of work, a four-function robotic rover developed for use on Mars by a 21-person Space Hardware Club (SHC) team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, will be in summer competition at the University Rover Challenge (URC) finals.

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22-Mar-2022 2:30 AM EDT
Extraterrestrial surface simulation lab launches new chapter in space research
University of Adelaide

Today, Thursday 24 March, the University of Adelaide launched its new Exterres Laboratory. The lab, which is the first of its kind in Australia, is an off-Earth surface testing environment for space technology such as rovers, which are destined for the furthest reaches of the universe.

Newswise: Searching for ‘ground truth:’ Planetary geologist to lead next phase of Mars Science Lab Curiosity Rover project
Released: 23-Mar-2022 12:05 PM EDT
Searching for ‘ground truth:’ Planetary geologist to lead next phase of Mars Science Lab Curiosity Rover project
Northern Arizona University

Planetary scientist Christopher Edwards and his team will use renewed NASA funding for Mars Science Lab Curiosity Rover project to continue exploring the rock record on the Red Planet.

Newswise: URI engineering students work with NASA on nuclear thermal propulsion for human mission to Mars
Released: 7-Feb-2022 1:05 PM EST
URI engineering students work with NASA on nuclear thermal propulsion for human mission to Mars
University of Rhode Island

KINGSTON, R.I. – Feb. 7, 2022 – Thirteen University of Rhode Island mechanical engineering students are working with NASA and other prestigious universities on a project that could cut in half the travel time for a human mission to Mars. The project involves nuclear thermal propulsion, which scientists and engineers say can get astronauts to Mars more quickly and safely than they can with current chemical propulsion and technology.

Newswise: Extremely harsh volcanic lake shows how life might have existed on Mars
Released: 28-Jan-2022 4:05 PM EST
Extremely harsh volcanic lake shows how life might have existed on Mars
Frontiers

A few specialist microbes survive conditions analogous to those of Mars’ early history, reports a new publication in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science—and this may be thanks to a broad range of adaptations.

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Released: 27-Jan-2022 6:05 PM EST
Secretary’s Honor Awards recognize dozens of ORNL employees
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

More than 50 current employees and recent retirees from ORNL received Department of Energy Secretary’s Honor Awards from Secretary Jennifer Granholm in January as part of project teams spanning the national laboratory system.

Newswise: Hope for present-day Martian groundwater dries up
Released: 24-Jan-2022 2:20 PM EST
Hope for present-day Martian groundwater dries up
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

Liquid water previously detected under Mars’ ice-covered south pole is probably just a dusty mirage, according to a new study of the red planet led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.

Newswise: Consistent asteroid showers rock previous thinking on Mars craters
Released: 21-Jan-2022 1:55 PM EST
Consistent asteroid showers rock previous thinking on Mars craters
Curtin University

New Curtin University research has confirmed the frequency of asteroid collisions that formed impact craters on Mars has been consistent over the past 600 million years.

Newswise: FAU Scientist Aims to Ensure ‘Microbe-free’ Mars Samples Collected by the Perseverance Rover
Released: 6-Jan-2022 8:30 AM EST
FAU Scientist Aims to Ensure ‘Microbe-free’ Mars Samples Collected by the Perseverance Rover
Florida Atlantic University

Fields was invited to work on the heat sterilization step with researchers from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory based out of California, Nelson Laboratories headquartered in Utah, and Johnson & Johnson based in New Jersey. The research group has been addressing not only heat-resistant bacteria, but individual proteins that, on Earth, can act as infectious agents (e.g. Mad Cow Disease). These biomolecules were chosen for testing as representatives of the simplest, hardiest infectious agents known.

Released: 14-Dec-2021 10:45 AM EST
Locked in stone: Mars’ missing water might be stored in clay mineral
Binghamton University, State University of New York

A clay mineral known as smectite could hold a substantial portion of the water missing from Mars, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

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7-Dec-2021 11:00 AM EST
High-tech sleeping bag could solve vision issues in space
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A subtle smile emerged on Dr. James Leidner’s face as he envisioned telling people of the unusual contribution he made to mankind’s mission to Mars.

Newswise: Alien organisms – hitchhikers of the galaxy?
16-Nov-2021 11:30 PM EST
Alien organisms – hitchhikers of the galaxy?
University of Adelaide

Scientists warn, without good biosecurity measures ‘alien organisms’ on Earth may become a reality stranger than fiction. Scientists warn, without good biosecurity measures ‘alien organisms’ on Earth may become a reality stranger than fiction.

Released: 26-Oct-2021 5:05 PM EDT
Making Martian Rocket BioFuel on Mars
Georgia Institute of Technology

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a concept that would make Martian rocket fuel, on Mars, that could be used to launch future astronauts back to Earth.

Newswise: Rocks on floor of Jezero Crater, Mars, show signs of sustained interactions with water
Released: 11-Oct-2021 2:50 PM EDT
Rocks on floor of Jezero Crater, Mars, show signs of sustained interactions with water
Geological Society of America (GSA)

Since the Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater on Mars in February, the rover and its team of scientists back on Earth have been hard at work exploring the floor of the crater that once held an ancient lake.

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Released: 7-Oct-2021 3:05 PM EDT
Mars rover images help UF scientist, NASA team narrow the search for ancient life
University of Florida

Stunning images from the Perseverance rover have revealed how an ancient river delta in Mars' Jezero Crater formed.

17-Sep-2021 11:40 AM EDT
Mars habitability limited by its small size, isotope study suggests
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers measured the potassium isotope compositions of Martian meteorites in order to estimate the presence, distribution and abundance of volatile elements and compounds, including water, on Mars, finding that Mars has lost more potassium than Earth but retained more potassium than the Moon or the asteroid 4-Vesta; the results suggest that rocky planets with larger mass retain more volatile elements during planetary formation and that Mars and Mars-sized exoplanets fall below a size threshold necessary to retain enough water to enable habitability and plate tectonics.

Released: 13-Sep-2021 4:50 PM EDT
Affordable housing in outer space: Scientists develop cosmic concrete from space dust and astronaut blood
University of Manchester

Transporting a single brick to Mars can cost more than a million British pounds – making the future construction of a Martian colony seem prohibitively expensive.

Released: 19-Aug-2021 3:00 PM EDT
VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE: Breakthrough Cases and COVID Boosters: Live Expert Panel for August 18, 2021
Newswise

Expert Q&A: Do breakthrough cases mean we will soon need COVID boosters? The extremely contagious Delta variant continues to spread, prompting mask mandates, proof of vaccination, and other measures. Media invited to ask the experts about these and related topics.

26-Apr-2021 1:35 PM EDT
Icy clouds could have kept early Mars warm enough for rivers and lakes, study finds
University of Chicago

A new study led by University of Chicago planetary scientist Edwin Kite finds Mars could have had a thin layer of icy, high-altitude clouds that caused a greenhouse effect, allowing rivers and lakes to flow.

Released: 12-Apr-2021 10:05 AM EDT
New research shows that Mars did not dry up all at once
Los Alamos National Laboratory

While attention has been focused on the Perseverance rover that landed on Mars last month, its predecessor Curiosity continues to explore the base of Mount Sharp on the red planet and is still making discoveries.

Released: 17-Mar-2021 2:40 PM EDT
Astronauts in crewed missions to Mars could misread vital emotional cues
Frontiers

Living for nearly 2 months in simulated weightlessness has a modest but widespread negative effect on cognitive performance that may not be counteracted by short periods of artificial gravity, finds a new study published in Frontiers in Physiology.

   
Released: 17-Mar-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Is there life on mars today and where?
SETI Institute

In a comment published today in Nature Astronomy, Dr. Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center for Research at the SETI Institute, challenges assumptions about the possibility of modern life on Mars held by many in the scientific community.

Released: 16-Mar-2021 4:35 PM EDT
What happened to mars's water? It is still trapped there
California Institute of Technology

Billions of years ago, the Red Planet was far more blue; according to evidence still found on the surface, abundant water flowed across Mars and forming pools, lakes, and deep oceans. The question, then, is where did all that water go?

Released: 11-Mar-2021 4:25 PM EST
Newly discovered material may ease wear and tear on extraterrestrial vehicles
Missouri University of Science and Technology

As NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover continues to explore the surface of Mars, scientists on Earth have developed a new nanoscale metal carbide that could act as a “superlubricant” to reduce wear and tear on future rovers.Researchers in Missouri S&T’s chemistry department and Argonne National Laboratory’s Center for Nanoscale Materials, working with a class of two-dimensional nanomaterials known as MXenes, have discovered that the materials work well to reduce friction.

Released: 11-Mar-2021 11:15 AM EST
SuperCam sends first data back to Earth from the Perseverance Mars Rover
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Following the successful landing of NASA's Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater on Mars, the SuperCam operational teams at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) received the first results showing that SuperCam is in good health and giving its first impressions of the crater.

5-Mar-2021 10:40 AM EST
Porous, ultralow-temperature supercapacitors could power Mars, polar missions
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Researchers reporting in ACS’ Nano Letters have 3D printed porous carbon aerogels for electrodes in ultralow-temperature supercapacitors, reducing heating needs for future space and polar missions.

Released: 9-Mar-2021 12:20 PM EST
MEDIA ADVISORY: News conference
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory and France’s National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) will hold an online press conference on Wednesday, March 10, to assess the health of SuperCam, the rock-zapping laser that was developed under the auspices of the two institutions and is now on board the NASA Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars.

5-Mar-2021 9:55 AM EST
Mars’ Early Climate Was Intermittently Warm
Stony Brook University

A new study that characterizes the climate of Mars over the planet’s lifetime reveals that in its earliest history it was periodically warmed, yet remained relatively cold in the intervening periods, thus providing opportunities and challenges for any microbial life form that may have been emerging.

Released: 22-Feb-2021 4:10 PM EST
Life from Earth could temporarily survive on Mars
Frontiers

Some microbes on Earth could temporarily survive on the surface of Mars, finds a new study by NASA and German Aerospace Center scientists.

Released: 22-Feb-2021 2:10 PM EST
Seeking History of Life on Mars: 2020 Perseverance Rover Experts Available
Stony Brook University

The new era of space exploration features two Stony Brook University faculty members as part of the development of NASA’s Mars2020 Perseverance rover that recently landed. Distinguished Professor Scott McLennan and Associate Professor Joel Hurowitz worked on the PIXL (Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry) that is attached to the arm of the rover. Professor Hurowitz also serves as the deputy principal investigator for the PIXL and is part of the scientific leadership of the mission.

Released: 22-Feb-2021 12:55 PM EST
What will ancient sedimentary rock tell us about the history of life on Mars?
Stony Brook University

The new era of space exploration features two Stony Brook University faculty members as part of the development of NASA’s Mars2020 Perseverance rover that recently landed. Distinguished Professor Scott McLennan and Associate Professor Joel Hurowitz both worked on the PIXL (Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry) that is attached to the arm of the rover. The PIXL is a micro-focus X-ray fluorescence instrument that rapidly measures elemental chemistry by focusing an X-ray beam to a tiny spot on the target rock or soil, analyzing the induced X-ray fluorescence. Both professors have been working on Mars missions with NASA since 2004.

Released: 19-Feb-2021 5:05 AM EST
Life of a pure Martian design
University of Vienna

Experimental microbially assisted chemolithotrophy provides an opportunity to trace the putative bioalteration processes of the Martian crust. A study on the Noachian Martian breccia Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034 composed of ancient (ca. 4.5 Gyr old) crustal materials from Mars, led by ERC grantee Tetyana Milojevic from the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Vienna, now delivered a unique prototype of microbial life experimentally designed on a real Martian material. As the researchers show in the current issue of "Nature Communications Earth and Environment", this life of a pure Martian design is a rich source of Martian-relevant biosignatures.

Released: 19-Feb-2021 1:05 AM EST
Pills face harshest space test yet
University of Adelaide

A batch of pills will be on its way into space where they will be placed on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS) to test how they withstand the full effects of zero gravity, extreme temperatures and some of the highest levels of radiation found beyond the Earth’s atmosphere.

Released: 16-Feb-2021 6:40 PM EST
Perseverance rover takes New Mexico to Mars
Los Alamos National Laboratory

When NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover touches down on the surface of Mars on Feb. 18, a bit of New Mexico will land along with it, thanks to work done at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Released: 3-Feb-2021 12:25 PM EST
An innovative and non-destructive strategy to analyse material from Mars
University of the Basque Country

The IBeA research group from the University of the Basque Country's Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, is participating in NASA's Mars2020 space mission, which is scheduled to touch down on Mars in February this year.

Released: 14-Dec-2020 8:05 PM EST
Powerful electrical events quickly alter surface chemistry on Mars and other planetary bodies
Washington University in St. Louis

Thinking like Earthlings may have caused scientists to overlook the electrochemical effects of Martian dust storms. On Earth, dust particles are viewed mainly in terms of their physical effects, like erosion. But, in exotic locales from Mars to Venus to Jupiter's icy moon Europa, electrical effects can affect the chemical composition of a planetary body's surface and atmosphere in a relatively short time, according to research from Washington University in St. Louis.

Released: 2-Dec-2020 2:00 PM EST
Best Region For Life on Mars Was Far Below Surface
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The most habitable region for life on Mars would have been up to several miles below its surface, likely due to subsurface melting of thick ice sheets fueled by geothermal heat, a Rutgers-led study concludes. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, may help resolve what’s known as the faint young sun paradox – a lingering key question in Mars science.

Released: 30-Nov-2020 3:30 PM EST
New Tech Can Get Oxygen, Fuel From Mars’ Salty Water
Washington University in St. Louis

A new electrolysis system that makes use of briny water could provide astronauts on Mars with life-supporting oxygen and fuel for the ride home, according to engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, who developed the system.

Released: 20-Nov-2020 11:35 AM EST
Field Geology at Mars’ Equator Points to Ancient Megaflood
Cornell University

Floods of unimaginable magnitude once washed through Gale Crater on Mars’ equator around 4 billion years ago – a finding that hints at the possibility that life may have existed there, according to data collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover and analyzed in joint project by scientists from Jackson State University, Cornell University, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of Hawaii.


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