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

Issue onboard Mars-bound rover 'not overly concerning'

World • 30 Jul

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

World • 29 Jul

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

China launches first Mars mission in space race with US

Science and Technology • 23 Jul

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

World • 20 Jul

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

'Marsquake': first tremor detected on Red Planet

World • 24 Apr 19

Teenagers use spacesuits to go on treks outside the base

Teens on Mars: Base simulator opens in Gobi desert

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

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

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

World • 27 Nov 18

Scientists say they have found definitive evidence of the existence of organic molecules on Mars

Scientists find evidence of organic molecules on Mars

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

News • 11 Jan 18

Buzz Aldrin walks on the Moon on 20 July 1969

Trump directs NASA to send astronauts back to the Moon

World • 12 Dec 17

The conjunction as seen over Cork last night (pic: Cian O'Regan Photography)

Moon, Mars and Venus give stargazers a treat

Science • 01 Feb 17

Schiaparelli separated from its own mothership, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, on Sunday

ESA says fate of Mars lander still uncertain

Science • 20 Oct 16

Musk said the aim is to send flights every 26 months

Musk unveils SpaceX's vision for colonising Mars

Science • 28 Sep 16

The experiment is hoped to assist in planning for a mission to Mars

Scientists emerge from year-long Mars simulation

News • 29 Aug 16

The concern is the crops would absorb high levels of heavy metals on Mars

Cereal and veg safely grown in Martian style soil

Science • 24 Jun 16

The white arrows show the older tsunami lobate upper reaches (Pic: Alexis Rodriguez)

Evidence of tsunamis found on Mars

Science • 19 May 16

The committee said it decided to invite the firms to a meeting, given the significant role they play in the Irish economy

Equity firms decline finance committee meeting

Business • 21 Jan 16

The test vehicle weighs 3,088kg and is 30 metres in diameter

NASA postpones test of parachute in flying saucer

News • 03 Jun 15

The lander was found within 5km of the expected landing site

Missing Beagle Mars probe found after 11 years

News • 16 Jan 15

Scientists and engineers work on a Mars Orbiter vehicle at the Indian Space Research Organisation's satellite centre in Bangalore

India Mars mission enters orbit at first attempt

News • 24 Sep 14

Mars One is a not-for-profit foundation that aims to establish permanent human life on Mars

Mars One seeks contributions to cargo of red planet spacecraft

Special Reports • 30 Jun 14

To land on Mars NASA has been using a parachute system first used in the 1970s, but with heavier spacecraft larger parachutes are needed

NASA tests technology for future Mars landing

News • 29 Jun 14

Dr Joseph Roche passed the first round of medical tests for the application for Mars One's project

Irishman expects Mars mission interview plan soon

News • 09 Apr 14

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