Sources: BBC
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
NASA selects Jezero crater on Mars as the landing site for the Mars 2020 rover. The crater was once a large lake and may hold evidence of ancient life. 2018-11-19
NASA announces it has completed its first full-power test of the Kilopower nuclear reactor for space. NASA intends to use the technology to power exploration missions to the Moon and Mars. 2018-05-2
U.S. Congress passes a bill that mandates NASA send humans to Mars by 2033. 2017-03-8
NASA releases new pictures from the Dawn spacecraft as it approaches from a distance of 238,000 miles of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Dawn will go into orbit around the dwarf planet on March 6. 2015-01-19
NASA's Mars "Curiosity" rover reaches its final destination Aeolis Mons, a mountain that rises 5.5 km at the center of Gale Crater. 2014-09-12
NASA Curiosity Mars rover begins its mission to its destination and drives to Mount Sharp. 2013-07-8
NASA’s Curiosity rover finds calcium deposits on Mars similar to those seen on Earth when water circulates in cracks and rock fractures. 2013-01-19
A pinch of fine sand and dust became the first solid Martian sample deposited into the Sample Analysis at Mars, the biggest instrument on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. The sample came from the patch of windblown material called Rocknest, which had provided a sample previously for mineralogical analysis by CheMin instrument. 2012-11-13
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover lands safely on the surface of Mars. 2012-08-6