Curiosity helping make Mars safer for astronauts
A radiation sensor aboard the spacecraft is providing new data on the health risks humans would face on the surface. ...
Tag: Curiosity
Still lots to do at the Zechstein drill locale
We are in the midst of the Zechstein drilling campaign. The SAM team are eagerly waiting for the results of ...
Curiosity powers on with extra energy for Martian science
When the operations team logged on today, we were prepared to pick up where Monday's team had left off in ...
Docking the Perseverance robotic arm
Every time we collect a rock sample on Mars, Perseverance performs an hours-long set of carefully choreographed operations with its ...
Sols 3292-3293: Celebrating Zechstein with a Science Feast
We did it! Yet another successful hole has been drilled in Mars! Welcome to the family, "Zechstein!" Tosol, Curiosity is ...
Sols 3287-3288: Assessing a New Potential Drill Target
After our short bump on Tuesday, Curiosity has reached a new potential drill location. When we first arrived at the ...
Sol 3285: Oh So Close
The drive over the weekend was successful, gaining us more than 6 m in elevation - not bad for a ...
You can help train NASA's rovers to better explore Mars
Artificial intelligence, or AI, has enormous potential to change the way NASA's spacecraft study the universe. But because all machine ...
NASA selects crew for simulated trip to a Mars Moon
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to head deep into space, all the way to Mars? Through ...
Mars habitability limited by its small size, isotope study suggests
Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars' ...