Latest News
NASA Mission Finds New Clues to Guide Search for Life on Mars
03.20.08 -- NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has found evidence of salt deposits. These deposits point to places where water once was abundant and where evidence might exist of possible Martian life from the Red Planet's past.
> Full story
Mission News
-
NASA Mission Finds New Clues to Guide Search for Life on Mars
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has found evidence of salt deposits.
-
Odyssey Finds Possible Cave Skylights on Mars
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has discovered entrances to seven possible caves on the slopes of a Martian volcano.
Mission Features
-
Mars Technology Is Now Benefiting Earth
03.21.07 - Scientists find dual use for extra flight hardware.
Image Gallery
-
Chloride Salt Deposit in Southern Highlands of Mars
Bright blue marks a deposit of chloride (salt) minerals in the southern highlands of Mars in this false-color image, which highlights mineral composition differences.
-
Bright Exposures of Chloride Salt on Southern Mars
This image provides higher-resolution views of a site where another observation indicates the presence of chloride salt deposits.
-
Temperature Behavior of Possible Cave Skylight on Mars
This image shows a possible cave skylight informally called "Annie," which has a diameter about double the length of a football field.
-
Seven Possible Cave Skylights on Mars
Seven very dark holes on the north slope of a Martian volcano have been proposed as possible cave skylights.