Uncategorized USTC unveils high-energy Mars battery with extended lifespan for exploration October 28, 2024
Uncategorized Latest Findings from China’s Lunar and Mars Exploration Missions 2022-2024 October 27, 2024
Uncategorized Making a splash in a lava sea by Ensign January 27, 2022 0 Volcanoes, impact craters, tectonic faults, river channels and a lava sea: a vast amount of information is captured in a... Read more
Uncategorized Sols 3369-3370: Ok Then, Maybe Not, Mars by Ensign January 27, 2022 0 In the last blog my colleague Lucy expressed excited hope for today's planning of close-up imagery of the rocks we... Read more
Uncategorized X-rays will make plant diets of the future more tasty by Ensign January 27, 2022 0 Imagine taking your favorite treat - a Mars bar or cream puff - and beaming it with X-rays to map... Read more
Uncategorized Sols 3367-3368: The Prow to take another bow by Ensign January 26, 2022 0 The weekend plan included a short drive (or bump) to get us closer to one of the interesting, more resistant... Read more
Uncategorized SwRI scientist helps confirm liquid water beneath Mars south polar cap by Ensign January 26, 2022 0 A Southwest Research Institute scientist measured the properties of ice-brine mixtures as cold as -145 degrees Fahrenheit to help confirm... Read more
Uncategorized How to Retain a Core by Ensign January 25, 2022 0 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 25, 2022 Have you ever wondered how a coring bit grabs and holds onto a rock... Read more
Uncategorized Hope for present-day Martian groundwater dries up by Ensign January 25, 2022 0 Liquid water previously detected under Mars' ice-covered south pole is probably just a dusty mirage, according to a new study... Read more
Uncategorized New control technique uses solar panels to reach desired Mars orbit by Ensign January 25, 2022 0 A satellite on a science mission to Mars aims for a low-altitude orbit, but the lower the orbit, the more... Read more
Uncategorized Ejecting Mars' Pebbles by Ensign January 22, 2022 0 The team has made good progress implementing the initial recovery steps outlined in last week's blog. Our first success: The... Read more
Uncategorized Sols 3364-3366: Back at the Prow by Ensign January 22, 2022 0 On Wednesday we collected our first MAHLI images of the outcrops we've been studying the last few sols, and then... Read more