Brief presence of water in Arabia Terra on Mars
NAU PhD candidate Ari Koeppel, as part of a team of scientists from Northern Arizona and Johns Hopkins Universities, recently...
Eyes on the Sky
The Perseverance rover is equipped with a large suite of cameras-23 to be exact-which collectively enable a wide range of...
Onwards and Sidewards for Curiosity on Sol 3313
The rover rarely drives in a straight line, and our recent drive took the "road less traveled" to investigate a...
A one-way phone call at Mars
This November, ESA's Mars Express spacecraft carried out a series of experimental communication tests with the Chinese (CNSA) Zhurong Mars...
Guiding Tianwen-1 to China's first successful Mars rover landing
Mars landing missions only succeed about half the time, a rate largely determined by the entry, descent and landing (EDL)...
For the curious there's always room for seconds
As we head into a long weekend for the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, Curiosity will take advantage of some...
New software, new drill target, and an existential question
A plane has a pilot. A bus has a driver. A train has a conductor. But who controls a Mars...
Analysis of Mars's wind-induced vibrations sheds light on the planet's subsurface properties
Seismic data collected in Elysium Planitia, the second largest volcanic region on Mars, suggest the presence of a shallow sedimentary...
Curiosity sends a picture postcard from Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover captured a remarkable image from its most recent perch on the side of Mars' Mount Sharp. The...