In August 2012, around the same time that Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity  landed in Gale Crater, NASA announced a new mission to Mars. T...

Recently a lot of people have been talking about a 'Rat' on Mars , so I thought I'd show you what all the fuss is about. To see...

Data from Mars Science Laboratory's Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) is enabling scientists to accurately assess the level of radiat...

NASA has recently finished a study in which they determined the approximate number of asteroid and comet impacts on Mars every year. Using ...

According to a poll dubbed  Mars Generation , Approximately 71% of Americans are excited for and anticipate a manned mission to Mars in the...

Today's Image of Mars shows Mars Science Laboratory's landing site and it's most immediate destination, Glenelg . This area wa...

When Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity  begins its entry, descent and landing (EDL) it will go through 7 minutes of terror, as the larges...

Today's Image of Mars is another view of  Homestake , the vein recently examined by Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity  on Mars. Today ...

Quick update for all of those that don't follow @MarsTravel on Twitter : The European Space Agency (ESA) has stopped attempting to c...

As posted earlier , I called NASA to inquire about reports that they are prohibited from assisting Phobos-Grunt due to the Chinese orbite...

EDIT: DEBUNKED! I got a response back from NASA. Check it out here !  Disturbing reports have emerged that NASA has been forbidden from...

There are some powerful winds on Mars , but just how powerful was only discovered recently.  David Choi  of NASA's Goddard Space Flight...

In the race to the Moon the primary competitors were the Americans and the Soviets and their state funded space agencies. At the beginning ...

Is a new space race beginning? With the head of the European Space Agency (ESA), Jean-Jacques Dordain, pledging to work together with the...

On Aug 17 2011 the head of the European Space Agency (ESA), Jean-Jacques Dordain, announced that they would partner with the Russian Feder...

Today NASA created a new department, the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate, which combines all the resources and m...

Two Rovers a Planet Away When Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity landed on opposite sides of The Red Planet in January o...

"It is our first chance to see an environment on Mars that might allow for the expression of an active biological process, if there is...

NASA has released this press release saying they will have a News conference on Aug 04, 2011 at 2PM EDT about new findings by the Mars R...

" Mars is firmly in our sights. Curiosity not only will return a wealth of important science data, but it will serve as a precursor mi...