New Site, New Sights, New Science: Sols 3628-3629
For the first time in a little while we're at a new location after a drive in the last plan, ...
Tag: Curiosity
Curiosity reaches long-awaited salty region on Martian mountainside
After journeying this summer through a narrow, sand-lined pass, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover recently arrived in the "sulfate-bearing unit," a ...
Life may have thrived on early Mars, until it drove climate change that caused its demise
If there ever was life on Mars - and that's a huge "if" - conditions during the planet's infancy most ...
Packing up at the Canaima drill site: Sols 3626-3627
Curiosity is focused on wrapping up the drill campaign at the Canaima site before hitting the road again. Curiosity started ...
Sols 3621-3622: Planetary Power Puzzle
This morning's planning kicked off with great news! Our Sol 3620 SAM data of the Canaima drill sample was interesting ...
NASA's InSight waits out dust storm
NASA's InSight mission, which is expected to end in the near future, saw a recent drop in power generated by ...
Sols 3614-3615: Chemin's Moment To Shine
The Curiosity team continues with our "Canaima" drill campaign. 2-sol plan will provide our first look at the minerals present ...
Curiosity targets Canaima bedrock for sampling: Sol 3612
Over the weekend, Curiosity took compositional measurements of the "Canaima" bedrock target in order to determine if the target merits ...
New clues about Mars' early atmosphere suggest a wet planet capable of supporting life
New research published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters suggests that Mars was born wet, with a dense atmosphere allowing ...
Sols 3599-3600: A Stay and Play Kind of Day
Coming into planning, we were ready for a standard "Touch and Go" plan, where we do some early morning science ...