Only one week to the Mars To Earth Conference 2021. Here the program of the conference. Registration free at https://marstoearth.org/register/Included in the event the the Mars To Earth Award, a challenge for students with a deadline for the submission of their projects January 15th . Read more

Researchers using NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found eight sites where thick deposits of ice beneath Mars’ surface are exposed in faces of eroding slopes. These eight scarps, with slopes as steep as 55 degrees, reveal new information about the internal layered structure of previously detected underground ice sheets... Read more

China has successfully put another probe on the Moon. Its robotic Chang’e-5 mission touched down a short while ago with the aim of collecting samples of rock and dust to bring back to Earth. Unlike the launch of the mission a week ago, the landing was not covered live... Read more

Floods of unimaginable magnitude once washed through Gale Crater on Mars’ equator around 4 billion years ago – a finding that hints at the possibility that life may have existed there, according to data collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover and analyzed in joint project by scientists from Jackson State University, Cornell, the... Read more

NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust and pebbles from the surface for delivery to Earth in 2023. This well-preserved, ancient asteroid, known as Bennu, is... Read more

Eight nations have signed the Artemis Accords, a set of principles that outline responsible exploration of Earth’s closest neighbor, NASA officials announced today. “This is just the beginning,” NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said yesterday during a phone call with reporters. “These deals will grow from here, and we’re excited... Read more

Siamo presenti al Festival dell’Astronomia di Camerino, con un talk dal titolo Tecnologie di esplorazione per luna e marte in una tavola rotonda organizzata dal Moon Village Association. Read more

Accordo fra Italia e Stati Uniti sul programma Artemis per l’esplorazione della Luna. La dichiarazione d’intenti è stata firmata oggi a Palazzo Chigi dal sottosegretario alla Presidenza del Consiglio con delega alle politiche per lo spazio, Riccardo Fraccaro, in collegamento con l’amministratore capo della Nasa, Jim Bridenstine. L’Italia è... Read more

An event that we suggest: European Rover Challenge 2020 Read more