December 02, 2016 Western planetary scientist readies for Mars mission with exciting new surface images The Mars Camera, officially known as CaSSIS (Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System), aboard the European Space Agency‘s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) captured its first high resolution images of the Red Planet last week. The Swiss-led camera worked almost perfectly and has provided spectacular views of the surface.
November 06, 2016 CanMars Analogue Mission Public Night The CanMars Analogue mission team will be hosting a Public Night on Thursday Nov. 10th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Western University's Physics and Astronomy Building.
November 02, 2016 Mission to Mars. First stop, Utah. Western University researchers and students have launched CanMars Mission 2016, a Mars rover simulation that is expected to have significant impacts on future Mars expeditions.
November 01, 2016 Western students ‘heading’ back to Mars with Canadian Space Agency as part of simulation The next major step in the exploration of Mars is the return of samples from the Martian surface back to Earth. Now through November 18, Western University and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) are simulating this experience through a science-driven investigation – the CanMars 2016 Mars Sample Return Analogue Mission.
September 19, 2016 Western-Based Team Beginning a new HiRISE Imaging Campaign of Mars Our Western University-based team is gearing up once again to help plan a 2-week set of HiRISE images of Mars starting this week (HiRISE is a high-resolution camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter – MRO).
September 14, 2016 New Discovery shatters previous beliefs about Earth's origin A new study led by Western University’s all-star cosmochemist Audrey Bouvier proves that the Earth and other planetary objects formed in the early years of the Solar System share similar chemical origins – a finding at odds with accepted wisdom held by scientists for decades.
