Dust storm grounded Mars helicopter, but it's ready to fly again
One of the Red Planet's famous dust storms has kept the Mars helicopter Ingenuity grounded for two weeks, but the...
Sols 3362-3363: Sedimentologist's Delight
After a few sols of challenges that prevented us from getting close-up MAHLI imaging of this dark outcrop in front...
Wanted: recycling methods to keep astronauts alive
It took a crop of potatoes to keep Matt Damon alive on the red planet in The Martian. And in...
Grounded: First Flight Delay Due to Inclement Weather on Another World
The atmosphere of Mars is much less dense than Earth's; however, the Mars climate shares many similarities to Earth: seasons,...
Sol 3361: Keeping the Dog Leashed
Our initial plan was to conduct a MAHLI "dog's eye" imaging sequence on the beautiful Panari outcrop that we are...
China's rocket technology hits the ski slopes
Who would ever have thought that technology used on China's largest carrier rocket would be used to improve the safety...
Sols 3357-3360: Edging Closer and Closer to Panari
We continue to document rocks similar to what we saw at "The Prow," a dark appearing rock outcrop with amazing...
Newly discovered carbon may yield clues to ancient Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 6, 2012, and since then has roamed Gale Crater taking samples and...
Steady driving towards ExoMars launch
The first simulation of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover driving off its landing platform closed out an incredible year of...
Curiosity measures intriguing carbon signature on Mars
After analyzing powdered rock samples collected from the surface of Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover, scientists have announced that several...