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Topic: Mars mission

What is NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars? Twin satellites to study red planet’s magnetic field

The mission’s two satellites are named Blue and Gold. They will circle Mars from opposite directions and provide a 3-dimensional view of the planet.

Surf’s up on Mars. Red planet once had ‘vacation-style’ beaches, suggest new findings

A team of scientists from China’s Guangzhou University & US’s Penn State analysed data from China’s Zhurong Mars rover, which landed in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars in 2021.

After Moon, ISRO sets its eyes on Mars landing — ‘it’s an aspiration, work yet to begin’

ISRO chief S. Somanath details the agency’s planned missions, declines to comment on Chandrayaan-3, whose lander and rover were put to sleep when first lunar night set in.  

China lands rover on Mars, third country to perform successful soft landing on the planet

The Zhurong rover, a part of China's Tianwen-1 mission to Mars, will, among other things, hunt for biosignatures for any past life or habitability on the planet.

Why the quest for life on Mars continues despite 35 failed missions since 1960s

Despite many failures, missions to Mars continue because there is immense knowledge to be gleaned from the planet about our own existence and evolution.

UAE sends Hope to Mars in the Arab world’s first mission to the Red Planet

Al Amal, or the Hope orbiter, will reach Mars in February 2021 and is expected to study the planet's atmosphere and create a weather map.

Mystery gel-like substance on Moon that puzzled scientists solved. It’s not what you’d expect

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Marsquakes and strange magnetic pulses — what NASA’s Mars mission has unveiled so far

The results of NASA's InSight lander mission have shown that Mars is seismically active and has regular marsquakes.

These are the test facilities where China is working towards its Mars probe dream

From capital Beijing to remote Xinjiang, China has been working on its space test facilities since 2010, and now plans to launch a Mars probe in 2020.

Women scientists fulfil Mission Mangal but Akshay Kumar can’t see beyond sindoor and make-up

Mission Mangal’s poem has Bollywood placing scientist women in roles of good Hindu wives and daughters. The core competency is an add-on.

On Camera

Can Pakistan stay neutral on Iran? Saudi Arabia holds the purse strings

Security of Saudi Arabia is something that Pakistani armed forces have committed themselves to for a long time, even before the September 2025 agreement.

Iran war pummels India’s already turbulent aviation sector. Your ticket fare will get hit next

More than 1,600 flights were canceled between 28 February and 3 March. Aviation consultants have now started weighing the cost of the conflict in the Middle East.

SMPP secures order for additional 10,000 bulletproof jackets for paramilitary forces

SMPP Limited gets order for additional 10,000 bulletproof jackets for BSF, CISF & SSB. This is over & above the existing order for 40,000 jackets, taking the total to 50,000.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.