NASA, Partners establish new research group for Mars Sample Return Program
Sixteen scientists from the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Japan have been chosen to help future samples from the Red Planet ...
Tag: mars exploration
Tianwen-1 mission marks first year on Mars
It has been a year since China's Tianwen-1 probe reached Mars. The mission has not only marked an important step ...
NASA's Perseverance rover arrives at Delta for new science campaign
After collecting eight rock-core samples from its first science campaign and completing a record-breaking, 31-Martian-day (or sol) dash across about ...
Perseverance at the Delta
Last week's blog talked about the rapid traverse of Perseverance to the Delta. This weeks blog entry will talk about ...
Divide and conquer: Mars rovers to be superseded by swarms of two-wheeled robots
Skoltech scientists have proposed a concept for a modular Mars exploration rover. Leveraging the power of cooperative robotics, the new ...
China's cooperation with int'l space community fruitful
China has been engaged with the international space community over the past five years, yielding fruitful results in space science, ...
Newly discovered carbon may yield clues to ancient Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 6, 2012, and since then has roamed Gale Crater taking samples and ...
NASA begins testing robotics to bring first samples back from Mars
Testing has already begun on what would be the most sophisticated endeavor ever attempted at the Red Planet: bringing rock ...
Rocky roads through Lanzarote
Take away the clouds, bulk up the humans with suits and add an orange-red filter and this could be an ...
Smart focus on Mars
From panoramas to close-ups, from 3D maps to a wheel selfie, the Earth-bound twin of ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover is ...