Rocky road ahead still not the good kind: Sols 3548-3550
For this 3-sol weekend plan, I worked as the Tactical Uplink Lead. This morning we came in to discover that...
Staring at the Ground: Sols 3546-3547
Today's plan is chock full of goodies! We start out sol 3546 with a ChemCam observation of a sand ripple...
NASA adds 2 helicopters to mission to bring Mars samples back to Earth
NASA officials have changed the agency's plans for its daring and complicated effort to bring actual samples of Mars back...
Small but Mighty on Sol 3545
Today's team planned a single-sol plan. Our greatest challenge was fitting in all the fantastic science observations and drive distance...
NASA details plans to bring back Mars rock samples
NASA plans to bring 30 Martian rock samples back to Earth in 2033, the agency said Wednesday -- and is...
NASA marks 25 years since Pathfinder touched down on Mars
When a daring team of engineers put a lander and the first rover on the Red Planet a quarter century...
NASA aims to return Mars samples to Earth in 2033
NASA has finished the system requirements review for its Mars Sample Return Program, which is nearing completion of the conceptual...
Sol 3544: Bye-Bye Bolivar
We have come to the end of our detour to image the "Bolivar" butte and are starting back to the...
Sols 3541-3543: Teamwork? Sure!
Some planning days are more complicated than others, not because Mars throws us a curve ball, that happens, too, as...
Study: Explosive volcanic eruption produced rare mineral on Mars
Planetary scientists from Rice University, NASA's Johnson Space Center and the California Institute of Technology have an answer to a...