In Brief: Adam Rippon wins Fox’s ‘Stars on Mars,’ and more Tuesday, August 29 by ABC NewsViewers in the United States will have to wait a little longer for the season 3 premiere of the Canadian drama Transplant, according to Deadline. The new season will launch Thursday, Oct. 12 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC --... Read More.
Ryan Reynolds backs revival of cult classic animated series ‘Biker Mice from Mars’ Friday, July 21 by ABC NewsWhile his in-production Deadpool 3 is on ice for the time being because of the SAG-AFTRA strike, ABC Audio has learned Ryan Reynolds has signed on to a revival of the beloved quirky animated series Biker Mice from Mars.The show, which first aired in... Read More.
New Fox reality show bringing stars to “Mars” Thursday, May 4 by ABC NewsWhile Elon Musk's SpaceX gets closer to actually bringing humans to the red planet, Fox is setting its new celebrity reality show there.Well, not really.Stars on Mars will transplant Lance Armstrong, Natasha Leggero, Christopher "McLovin" Mintz-Plasse, Marshawn Lynch, Tallulah Willis, Ariel Winter, Adam Rippon,... Read More.
Mars lander losing power because of dust on solar panels Wednesday, May 18 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- NASA is being forced to end its Mars lander mission early because of dust.Officials announced Tuesday the InSight spacecraft is slowly losing power because its two solar panels are covered in dust.Morever, the dust levels in the atmosphere are only increasing... Read More.
Want to pretend to live on Mars? This may be the mission for you Thursday, August 19 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Could you live on Mars for an entire year? Or, could you at least pretend?NASA is on the search for four people to live in a 1,700-square-foot habitat, created by a 3D-printer, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to simulate... Read More.
Rocket Lab to design and build Mars spacecraft for NASA mission Tuesday, June 15 by ABC News(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — As deep space exploration increasingly becomes a new frontier for the private sector, a California-based firm announced Tuesday it had been awarded contracts to design two spacecraft that will go to Mars as part of a NASA mission.Long Beach-based Rocket... Read More.
NASA’s Mars helicopter safe after navigation glitch leads it on a ‘stressful’ joyride Friday, May 28 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, the first powered and controlled aircraft to take flight on another planet, survived a "stressful" navigation glitch that sent it oscillating off-course during a cosmic flight on Mars.The chopper, which arrived on the red planet strapped to the... Read More.
NASA’s Mars helicopter survives first night on its own, gets set for first flight on another planet Monday, April 5 by ABC NewsBy Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- NASA confirmed Monday that its Ingenuity helicopter had survived its first night alone on the frigid surface of Mars, and is now in the final stages of preparation for its history-making liftoff on... Read More.
NASA to attempt history-making helicopter flight on Mars Wednesday, March 24 by ABC NewsBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- In a historic first, NASA will attempt to launch a helicopter into flight on Mars next month.If successful, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter will be the first powered, controlled flight of an... Read More.
Mars’ Perseverance successfully touches down on Mars Thursday, February 18 by ABC NewsBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- NASA's Perseverance rover successfully touched down on Mars Thursday afternoon, as part of one of the agency's most ambitious deep-space missions to search for signs of ancient life on the red planet.
