Mars

Deep, buried glaciers spotted on Mars

Miami - Muslimchronicle

Buried glaciers have been spotted on Mars, offering new hints about how much water may be accessible on the Red Planet and where it is located, researchers said Thursday. Although ice has long been known to exist on Mars, a better understanding of its depth and location could be vital to future human explorers, said the report in the USRead more

Thirsty rocks may contain

Paris - Muslimchronicle

What happened to all the water that once sloshed in lakes and oceans on Mars? Much of it, researchers proposed on Wednesday, may be locked up in stone. Previous studies had concluded that the water was swept into space by powerful solar winds when the planet's magnetic field collapsed, while some was captured in sub-surface ice. But this did not account for allRead more

Will Trump send Americans

Washington - Muslimchronicle

US President Donald Trump directed NASA on Monday to send Americans to the Moon for the first time since 1972, in order to prepare for future trips to Mars. "This time we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint," Trump said at a White House ceremony as he signed the new space policy directive. "We willRead more

In desert of Oman, a gateway to life on Mars

Muscat - Muslimchronicle

In sunglasses and jumpsuits, a crew of European test astronauts is laying the groundwork for a Mars simulation in the barren expanse of the Omani desert, a terrestrial mission intended to pave the way to the red planet. The "analog astronauts" of the Austrian Space Forum -- a volunteer-based collective -- have arrived in Oman to begin preparations for aRead more

Lockheed Martin unveils reusable water

Adelaide - Muslimchronicle

A reusable, water-powered Mars lander that will allow humans to explore the Red Planet from an orbiting ‘base camp’ as early as the 2030s was unveiled Friday by US defense giant Lockheed Martin. Governments and private firms are collaborating on projects to send humans to new frontiers, with NASA planning missions next decade into the space between Earth and theRead more

Putin supports Russian-American cooperation on Mars

MOSCOW - Musimchronicle

Moscow is determined to maintain cooperation with Washington in space, the Russian President Vladimir Putin told the full-scale session of the Eastern Economic Forum on Thursday. President Putin suggested that Russian scientists cooperate with their American counterparts, and intensify joint efforts for more discoveries on the planet Mars.Read more

Scientists grow potato under Mars-like conditions in Peru

Lima - Arab Today

Potatoes on Mars? Scientists are reporting promising results growing the tuber under conditions that mimic the Red Planet in an experiment in Peru linked to US space agency NASA. “Preliminary results are positive,” the International Potato Center (CIP) said this week after a potato grew under simulated Mars atmospheric conditions in an experiment in Lima. The CIP, in a report,Read more

Moroccan Engineer Kamal Oudrhiri to Assist Revolutionary NASA

Rabat - Arab Today

Kamal Oudrhiri, head of NASA’s Planetary Studies Department, is at the heart of a groundbreaking US space agency project to install an instrument with unprecedented capabilities on the International Space Station (ISS), allowing it to create the coldest environment in the universe. Designed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, to carry out low temperature experiments, this instrument, calledRead more

VP tasks Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre to lead Mars 2117 project

Dubai - Arab Today

Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, issued directives to Mohammad Bin Rashid Space Centre, MBRSC, to lead the Mars 2117 project and prepare a 100-year plan for its implementation. As per his directives, the centre’s plan will focus on preparing specialised national cadres and developing their capabilities in theRead more

NASA mulls putting astronauts

Miami - ArabToday

The US space agency said it is considering putting astronauts on an upcoming test flight of the deep space capsule Orion as it aims to orbit the Moon. Orion is being built with an eye to one day ferrying astronauts to Earth's neighboring planet, Mars, perhaps by the 2030s. Until now, the Orion test flight known as Exploration Mission 1Read more