Perseverance Has a Pet Rock!
How do you choose a rock on Mars? Sometimes you don't- it chooses you. For the past 4 months, Perseverance ...
Tag: Curiosity
A steep but short climb: Sols 3491-3492
Today in tactical planning I was staffed as Surface Properties Scientist, which means I get to put my geology field ...
Why Did Mars Dry Out? New Study Points To Unusual Answers
Mars once ran red with rivers. The telltale tracks of past rivers, streams and lakes are visible today all over ...
Up, Up and Away – Sols 3487-3490
Our intrepid rover engineers again successfully navigated Curiosity a little higher up Mount Sharp (~5 m) and ~40 m on ...
Mastcam-Ing All the Things: Sols 3480-3482
Coming into planning on Friday, we were greeted with a beautiful vista, with well preserved layering and amazing outcrops, and ...
Everyone wants a piece of this Pie – Sols 3478-3479
Despite the incredibly rough terrain surrounding Mirador butte, our nearly 10-year-old rover successfully drove a net distance forward ~10 meters ...
End of the line nears for NASA InSight Mars lander
After some four years probing Mars' interior, NASA's InSight lander will likely retire this summer as accumulated dust on its ...
Solar heat likely the primary cause of dust storms on Mars
A team of scientists, including Dr. German Martinez from the Universities Space Research Association at LPI, just published a study ...
A SAM Methane Experiment Between Drives Sols 3476-3477
Curiosity continues to navigate challenging terrain. The drive executed over the weekend moved us 8 m from our previous location. ...
Mars' emitted energy and seasonal energy imbalance
A seasonal imbalance in the amount of solar energy absorbed and released by the planet Mars is a likely cause ...