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One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.
Pasadena, CA – On January 3-4, 2004, The Planetary Society will host “WILD ABOUT MARS” at the Pasadena Convention Center, featuring special guests and the opportunity to witness the landing ...
With Trump’s new budget cutting NASA science programs, the Mars Sample Return mission could be replaced by a private-sector ...
The Planetary Society congratulates the Mars Global Surveyor team for yet another significant scientific discovery. Below are some comments from Planetary Society Director of Projects, Bruce Betts ...
After its voyage past Mars, Mariner 4 maintained intermittent communication with JPL and returned data about the ...
Could NASA send humans to Mars orbit by 2033 and onto the surface of the planet by 2039? The Planetary Society — a nongovernmental space advocacy group — has announced that it thinks this ...
Exploration of Mars Louis Friedman, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Planetary Society, addressed the plenary session of the Twelfth Annu… ...
Casey Dreier, the policy advocate for the Pasadena-based Planetary Society, says, “This is an extinction-level event for the Earth- and space-science communities, upending decades of work and ...
A new study reveals Mars once hosted sprawling river systems longer than the Amazon, completely reshaping what we thought we ...
China is positioning itself to take the lead in one of the most coveted goals in planetary science—returning samples from ...
Thanks to the Indian Space Research Organization and a little help from the Planetary Society, we just got a new batch of spectacular photos of the Red Planet. The images come from the Mars ...
Back to Article List India’s Mars orbiter photos got a great touch-up thanks to the Planetary Society Emily Lawdawalla, senior editor, processed the images and brought out the best definition.