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
NASA's "Perseverance" rover successfully synthesizes breathable oxygen while on the surface of Mars. This demonstrates the feasibility of locally producing oxygen for human life support and propellant production. 2021-04-22
Scientists in a paper published to "Nature Astronomy" confirm the existence of four underground saltwater lakes spread out over 75000 sqkm near Mars' south pole. Depending on their salt content, these lakes could be potential holders of life. 2020-09-28
Scientists at INAF announce the discovery of a liquid water lake beneath a polar ice cap on Mars. The discovery was made using MARSIS, a radar instrument on board the European Space Agency's "Mars Express" orbiter. 2018-07-25
In Los Angeles, SpaceX announced that they will build a massive rocket named BFR capable of sending humans to Mars. 2018-04-17
U.S. President Donald Trump signs the "Space Policy Directive 1" that establishes the foundation for a crewed mission to the Moon, while also maintaining a longer-term NASA goal of landing a man on Mars. 2017-12-11
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter finds the Beagle 2 spacecraft that disappeared in 2003 intact on the surface of Mars. An error had stopped the spacecraft's solar panels from working and communicating back to Earth. 2015-01-16
Inspiration Mars Foundation: First space tourist Dennis Tito announces a plan to send a married couple on the first human mission to Mars in January 2018 on a round-trip journey lasting 501 days. 2013-02-27
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover lands safely on the surface of Mars. 2012-08-6
It is reported that U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday will unveil a "bold and daring" new space mission to send astronauts to Mars months after he controversially scrapped a project to return to the Moon. 2010-04-14