Mars rover Perseverance notches a year of science, tech achievements
The Mars rover Perseverance and its feisty sidekick helicopter Ingenuity have set records and pushed new frontiers for interplanetary space...
Sols 3383-3384: Picking Our Way to the Pediment
We are continuing our traverse towards the "Greenheugh pediment." We passed along this area on our detour to The Prow,...
The devil's in the detail
Chaotic mounds, wind-sculpted ripples and dust devil tracks: this image shows a fascinating and otherworldly landscape near Hooke Crater in...
In Place at Rimplas
Three abrasions and four sample cores later, the rover has finally departed the Seitah area and is embarking on the...
How easy is it to turn water into oxygen on Mars
Scientists at The University of Manchester and The University of Glasgow have today provided more insight into the possibility of...
Predicting the efficiency of oxygen-evolving electrolysis on the Moon and Mars
Scientists at The University of Manchester and The University of Glasgow have provided more insight into the possibility of establishing...
How Mars lost its oceans
It has long been known that Mars once had oceans due in part to a protective magnetic field similar to...
NASA awards contract for first rocket to launch from another planet
NASA has started the early processes of constructing a $194 million small rocket that will launch from Mars, which will...
Sols 3381-3382: Whence We Came
After our adventures further uphill, Curiosity is backing down hill to get to the start of the path she will...
NASA selects developer for rocket to retrieve first samples from Mars
NASA has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Space of Littleton, Colorado, to build the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), a...