Sources: BBC
NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars finds a rock containing spotted features which are possible fossilized records of microbes, though non-biological processes cannot yet be ruled out. 2024-07-25
Four volunteer NASA crew members finish the first 378-day Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog mission to simulate living on Mars at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, United States. 2024-07-7
China National Space Administration rover "Zhurong" successfully lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars, making China the third nation on Earth to achieve a soft landing on the planet. 2021-05-15
As Mars lines up with Earth and the Sun, it is expected to shine at its biggest and brightest during the night. 2020-10-13
NASA announces that its "Curiosity" rover has detected the largest ever measurement of methane on Mars. 2019-06-24
In Los Angeles, SpaceX announced that they will build a massive rocket named BFR capable of sending humans to Mars. 2018-04-17
India's Mars Orbiter Mission of ISRO successfully enters Mars orbit. 2014-09-24
NASA's MAVEN space probe successfully arrives in orbit over Mars. 2014-09-22
NASA announces new plans to launch another Curiosity-like robotic science rover to Mars in 2020. 2012-12-4
NASA's "Curiosity" rover has detected several simple carbon-based organic compounds on Mars, but it remains unclear whether they were formed via Earthly contamination or whether they contain only elements indigenous to the planet. 2012-12-3