Source of ancient Martian rocks found using Perth supercomputer
Five to ten million years ago an asteroid smashed into Mars. It created a massive crater and propelled a chunk...
NASA's Perseverance Scouts Mars Sample Return Campaign Landing Sites
The six-wheeled explorer has inspected a stretch of the Red Planet to see if it is flat enough for NASA's...
Leaving Avanavero – Sol 3530
The MAHLI images acquired on Sol 3528 confirm that the APXS was well placed over the Avanavero drill tailings, and...
MIT design for Mars propellant production trucks wins NASA competition
Using the latest technologies currently available, it takes over 25,000 tons of rocket hardware and propellant to land 50 tons...
Everyone gets to savour the Avanavero flavours: Sols 3528-3529
Both the CheMin and SAM instruments have dined on the Avanavero drill samples and have decided their appetites are sated....
Searching for Sand Transport
Perseverance is currently stopped for sampling at Skinner Ridge rock. Sampling activities constitute an important aspect of Perseverance's mission, and...
Let's go to Mars
Sending humans to Mars has been a dream of scientists and a large part of the population ever since Nicolaus...
Humans on Mars: Pathways toward sustainable settlement
Is sustainable human exploration of Mars possible? How will humans affect the new environment? Around 60 researchers from the University...
Sometimes things get complicated
Perseverance has a big job to do while roving across Jezero and exploring the Delta Front, which is campaign #2...
A Plan Fit for a Rover Sols 3525-3527
Tosol's plan included a little bit of everything, with more than four hours of remote science spread over three sols....