China launches independent, unmanned Mars mission (update)
China successfully launched an unmanned probe to Mars on Thursday in its first independent mission to another planet, a bid for global leadership in space...
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Almost 7,000 people in Cyprus now signed on to send name to Mars
Almost 7,000 people in Cyprus have now signed up to have their names included on a microchip being sent to Mars, according to CNA. The...
Increasing number of Cypriots want to send their names to Mars
Around 600 people from Cyprus have so far registered to send their names to Mars with NASA’s Mars 2020 rover. NASA invited the public from...
Two rocks on Mars named in Cypriot dialect
Two rocks on Mars have been given names by NASA in the Cypriot dialect, honouring the work of a Cypriot scientist who works on the...
Cypriot names onboard spacecraft due to land on Mars today
By Annette Chrysostomou The names of 983 Cypriots on a microchip are onboard the Nasa spacecraft InSight, which is expected to land on Mars on...
Two 14-year-olds win exclusive Cyprus-NASA challenge
Two 14-year old pupils from Cyprus won first prize in a competition brought exclusively to Cyprus by NASA in the framework of the NASA SpaceApps...
Nicosia becomes permanent venue for Mars scientists
Top scientists from around the world who study the upper atmosphere of Mars have decided that Nicosia will become the permanent venue for the meetings...
Nicosia ‘proud’ to host International Space Summit
Nicosia is proud to host the International Space Summit next week, mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis. “This is a great honour for the Municipality of Nicosia. The...
Names of almost 1,000 Cypriots included in microchips traveling to Mars
Names of 983 Cypriots are included in the microchips that are on their way to Mars aboard the NASA InSight mission. The InSight Mars lander...
Underground lake found on Mars, raising possibility of life
Using a radar instrument on an orbiting spacecraft, scientists have spotted what they said on Wednesday appears to be a sizable salt-laden lake under ice...
Spacecraft for detecting ‘Marsquakes’ set for launch
After decades exploring the surface of Mars, Nasa is set for the weekend launch of its first robotic lander dedicated to studying the red planet’s deep...
Musk plans first manned mission to Mars in 2024
To cut costs, Elon Musk‘s SpaceX company has shrunk the size of the rocket ship it is developing to go to Mars, aiming to start construction...
Is your chocolate bar fuelling deforestation in West Africa?
Your afternoon chocolate bar may be fuelling climate change, destroying protected forests and threatening elephants, chimpanzees and hippos in West Africa, research suggests. Well-known brands,...
European space lander left crater on surface of Mars in crash-landing
Images taken by a NASA Mars orbiter indicate that Europe’s ill-fated Mars lander left a small crater on the Red Planet’s surface, backing up scientists’...
European scientists puzzle over Mars lander’s radio silence
A European lander that descended to Mars on Wednesday has failed to send signs of life to its mothership, leaving scientists uncertain whether it touched...
European Mars lander touches down on red planet
The search for life on Mars took a giant leap on Wednesday when a space lander touched down on the red planet in Europe’s first...
European-led Mars lander to start descent to red planet
A Mars lander is due to leave its mothership on Sunday and head toward the red planet’s surface to test technologies for Europe’s planned first...
Obama vows to send people to Mars by the 2030s
US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he would help send people to Mars as soon as 14 years from now, pledging to work with...
Elon Musk outlines plans to put humans on Mars
SpaceX is developing an interplanetary rocket and capsule to transport large numbers of people and cargo to Mars with the ultimate goal of colonizing the...
Radar images reveal Mars is coming out of an ice age
An analysis of radar images that peered inside the polar ice caps of Mars shows that Earth’s neighbour is coming out of an ice age...
