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Mars has not offered remedies to EU for Kellanova dea

Confectionary company Mars has not offered remedies to EU antitrust regulators reviewing its proposed $36-billion takeover of Pringles maker Kellanova, an update on the European Commission website showed today.

Business • 19 Jun

SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk said that the first crewed mission timeline will depend upon the success of the uncrewed flights

SpaceX to send 5 uncrewed Starships to Mars in 2 years

SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in two years, chief executive Elon Musk said on Sunday in a post on social media platform X.

Business • 23 Sep 24

The deal dwarfs Mars' $23 billion takeover of Wrigley in 2008

Mars to buy Pringles maker Kellanova in mega $36bn deal

Mars, whose brands include M&M's and Snickers, has said it will buy Kellogg's and Pringles maker Kellanova in a nearly $36 billion deal, making it the biggest buyout in the packaged food industry.

Business • 14 Aug 24

Hotel Chocolat aimed to make chocolate 'exciting' by bringing ethical affordable luxury to the British high street

Mars to buy Britain's Hotel Chocolat for £534m

Britain's Hotel Chocolat has today agreed to a £534m takeover offer from Mars, as the specialist chocolatier succumbs to the US food giant to help it grow internationally and netting its founders a tidy profit.

Business • 16 Nov 23

Tesco said the impacted products were limited to Mars' petcare brands and that it hoped to resolve the issue soon

Mars stops supply of pet brands to Tesco in UK

Mars has stopped supplying some petcare products to Tesco in the UK, less than a week after US packaged foods company Kraft Heinz pulled several brands from its shelves.

Business • 06 Jul 22

An image released by NASA shows a sample of Mars rock inside the tube shortly after the coring operation

NASA's Mars rover collects first piece of rock

NASA has confirmed that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded in collecting its first rock sample for scientists to pore over when a future mission eventually brings it back to Earth.

World • 07 Sep 21

Zhurong rover pictured at a an event last year when the mission to mars was announced

China's Zhurong rover makes history with Mars landing

China's probe to Mars has touched down on the Red Planet to deploy its Zhurong rover, state media reported, a triumph for Beijing's increasingly bold space ambitions and a history-making feat for a nation on its first-ever Martian mission.

World • 15 May 21

NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars in February

Perseverance Mars rover makes oxygen on another planet

NASA's Perseverance rover has converted some carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into oxygen, the first time this has happened on another planet, the US space agency said.

Science • 22 Apr 21

A high-speed test of the helicopter's rotors ended earlier than expected due to an alert of a potential issue

NASA delays Mars helicopter flight for tech check

NASA has delayed by at least several days the first flight of its mini-helicopter on Mars after a possible tech issue emerged while testing its rotors, the US space agency said.

World • 11 Apr 21

The Ingenuity helicopter on Mars (Pic: NASA)

Mars helicopter ready for first flight

The helicopter that NASA has placed on Mars could make its first flight over the Red Planet within two days after a successful initial test of its rotors, the US space agency has said.

World • 10 Apr 21

Ingenuity is due to take flight on Mars later this month

NASA helicopter survives first night alone on Mars

NASA's Ingenuity mini-helicopter has survived its first night alone on the frigid surface of Mars, the US space agency said, hailing it as "a major milestone" for the tiny craft as it prepares for its first flight.

World • 06 Apr 21

A shot from a camera on the rover's 'jetpack' captures it in midair, just before touchdown (Images: NASA)

NASA Perseverence Mars Rover sends new colour images

NASA has released stunning new photographs from Perseverance, including one of the rover being gently lowered to the surface of Mars by a set of cables, the first time such a view has been captured.

World • 19 Feb 21

NASA's Perseverance rover lands on surface of Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover to search for life on Mars

After seven months in space, NASA's Perseverance rover survived a nail-biting landing phase to touch down gently on the surface of Mars today, ready to embark on its mission to search for the signs of ancient microbial life.

Science • 18 Feb 21

The image was taken from an altitude of 24,700km above the Martian surface on Wednesday

UAE's 'Hope' probe sends home first image of Mars

The UAE's "Hope" probe sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit.

World • 14 Feb 21

Atlas V Rocket Launches NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover To 7 Month Obit To Mars

Issue onboard Mars-bound rover 'not overly concerning'

The technical issue which occurred shortly after the launch of NASA's latest Mars rover Perseverance was not serious, the agency has confirmed.

World • 30 Jul 20

The $2.4bn mission from Florida's Cape Canaveral is the US space agency's ninth trek to the Martian surface

NASA's new rover to lift off in search of life on Mars

NASA is set to launch an ambitious mission to Mars tomorrow with the lift-off of its next-generation, six-wheeled robot, Perseverance.

World • 29 Jul 20

The Mars probe launched on a Long March 5 - China's biggest space rocket

China launches first Mars mission in space race with US

China has launched a rocket carrying a probe, orbiter and rover to Mars, a week before a similar US mission is due to launch

Science and Technology • 23 Jul 20

Launch in Japan was broadcast on screens at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai

First Arab space mission to Mars launches from Japan

The first Arab space mission to Mars, an unmanned probe dubbed "Hope", has blasted off from Japan, in a bid to reveal more about the atmosphere of the Red Planet.

World • 20 Jul 20

The robotic probe is designed to study the deep interior of a distant world

'Marsquake': first tremor detected on Red Planet

NASA's robotic probe InSight has detected and measured what scientists believe to be a "marsquake," marking the first time a likely seismological tremor has been recorded on another planet, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California reported.

World • 24 Apr 19

Teenagers use spacesuits to go on treks outside the base

Teens on Mars: Base simulator opens in Gobi desert

A Mars base simulator sits in the middle of nowhere in China's Gobi desert, but instead of housing astronauts training to live on the Red Planet, the facility is full of teenagers.

Science and Technology • 17 Apr 19

Footage released by NASA in 2004 shows Opportunity casting a shadow over the El Capitan area of Mars

Rover and out: Contact with Mars rover lost for good

During 14 years of intrepid exploration across Mars, it advanced human knowledge by confirming that water once flowed on the red planet, but NASA's Opportunity rover has analysed its last soil sample.

News Lens • 14 Feb 19

The European Space Agency said the crater is filled with ice

Mars Express captures stunning ice scene on Red Planet

An 82km-wide crater on Mars that may be topped with snow has been photographed by the European Space Agency's Mars Express.

Science • 21 Dec 18

The image shows part of the spacecraft and the Martian surface in the distance

NASA's InSight spacecraft sends back selfie from Mars

NASA has released the first image of the spacecraft InSight from the surface of Mars, after it successfully reached the planet after almost seven months travelling through space.

World • 27 Nov 18

Scientists find evidence of organic molecules on Mars

Scientists say they have found definitive evidence of the existence of organic molecules on Mars, in a breakthrough that will increase speculation that there was once or is currently life on the red planet.

Science and Technology • 07 Jun 18

The discovery of thick underground ice sheets could help sustain future human outposts

Scientists discover potential water source on Mars

Scientists using images from an orbiting NASA spacecraft have detected eight sites where huge ice deposits near the Martian surface.

News • 11 Jan 18