Ever wanted to explore the surface of Mars? Now you can – at least virtually - thanks to a powerful camera aboard a spacecraft in orbit around Mars that has made the most accurate global map of ...

The map is based on data collected by spacecraft in orbit around Mars. It’s the same data used in other maps of the planet, like this 2014 geologic map from the US Geological Survey. But where ...

Britain's Ordnance Survey (OS) agency wants to change that, so it used its mapping expertise to create new charts detailing Mars' terrain. The two maps, which are hosted on the agency's Flickr ...

Curiosity finds strange boxwork ridges on Mars that hint at ancient underground water. Scientists are now drilling for ...

Given its comprehensive approach to mapping the Martian surface, Mars Trek could serve the same role played by the publication of Ptolemy’s world map in the 15th century. The map, based on ...

When the first astronauts land on Mars in about 20 years, they will have good tools to explore the planet. Using data provided by the High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) onboard ESA's Mars ...

The British mapping agency Ordnance Survey has created a map of the Martian surface using precision NASA data — and it's beautiful. PHOTOS: Tour 'The Martian' Movie Set… On Mars As an avid ...

The Mars Express's High Resolution Stereo Camera has mapped 35 percent of Mars's surface, and created the first detailed topography map ...

Mars probes collect a lot of data that never gets processed into generally usable formats—the USGS took care of that with ... USGS Releases Trove of High-Resolution Mars Images and Terrain Maps.

Mars Map Shows Where Astronauts Should Build Space Colony. ... The areas considered most suitable do not have a lot of heavy metals, radiation is not very high and the terrain is smooth.

New images of Mars' Phoenix Lake region show where complex fault lines along a vast Martian plain have resulted in terrain with contrasting light and dark appearances. IE 11 is not supported.