Experiencing a Dust Devil
Recently a combination of instruments on the Perseverance rover has experienced a dust devil in a new way. The SuperCam ...
Tag: Mars
Sound of a dust devil on Mars recorded for first time
The sound of a dust devil on Mars was recorded for the first time as the eye of the whirlwind ...
Let's try that again Amapari: Sols 3677-3679
On Wednesday, we uplinked a drill plan, to drill the target "Amapari" in the Marker Band. Coming into planning this ...
These freeze-drying algae can awaken from cryostasis, could help spaceflights go farther
Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys contain some of Earth's coldest and driest deserts. The environment there is so extreme that the ...
Evaluating a Possible Drill Location
The weekend drive went well and Curiosity is back on top of the marker band, investigating some intriguing rippled bedrock. ...
Sol 3676 Another: 'Bore-ing' Day on Mars
After yesterday's check-out, Curiosity is GO to attempt to make our 37th drill hole on Mars. The prior plan's DRT ...
Martian dust devil analogues in the Mojave Desert #ASA183
In the Mojave Desert, the sun beats down on the ground and makes pockets of low pressure. Cool air rushes ...
NASA Mars helicopter Ingenuity sets altitude record on 35th flight
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity completed its 35th flight over the weekend, setting a new altitude record of 46 feet in ...
Tiny underwater sand dunes may shed light on larger terrestrial and Martian formations
The English poet William Blake famously implored readers to "see the world in a grain of sand." In Physics of ...
NASA's Perseverance rover gets the dirt on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover snagged two new samples from the Martian surface on Dec. 2 and 6. But unlike the 15 ...