InSight's Final Selfie
NASA's InSight Mars lander took this final selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the...
Mastcam-Ing All the Things: Sols 3480-3482
Coming into planning on Friday, we were greeted with a beautiful vista, with well preserved layering and amazing outcrops, and...
Sampling Strategy for the Delta Front Campaign
The past few weeks have been exciting ones for Perseverance's science team. At the "Enchanted Lake" site, we took our...
China's Zhurong rover switches to dormant mode in severe Martian dust storm
Mars rover Zhurong has been switched to dormant mode while waiting out a dust storm on the surface of the...
Everyone wants a piece of this Pie – Sols 3478-3479
Despite the incredibly rough terrain surrounding Mirador butte, our nearly 10-year-old rover successfully drove a net distance forward ~10 meters...
Status Update on NASA's MAVEN Spacecraft
On February 22, 2022, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft went into safe mode when the spacecraft's Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) began exhibiting...
Physicists explain how type of aurora on Mars is formed
Physicists led by the University of Iowa have learned how a type of aurora on Mars is formed. In a...
Inmarsat ELEVATE launched to accelerate IoT industry growth
CAPTION ELEVATE will bring together development program, partner ecosystem, online marketplace to enable businesses around the world to harness industrial...
End of the line nears for NASA InSight Mars lander
After some four years probing Mars' interior, NASA's InSight lander will likely retire this summer as accumulated dust on its...
Solar heat likely the primary cause of dust storms on Mars
A team of scientists, including Dr. German Martinez from the Universities Space Research Association at LPI, just published a study...