NASA awards contract for Mars Sample Return systems
NASA has awarded a contract to Honeybee Robotics LLC of Longmont, Colorado, for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) - Capture, ...
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NASA's Europa Clipper gets its wheels for traveling in deep space
The enormous spacecraft that will head to Jupiter's moon Europa uses four large reaction wheels to help keep it oriented. ...
Reading the ripples at observation mountain
After spending over 600 sols (days on Mars) exploring the diverse geologic environment of Jezero Crater, collecting drilled rock cores ...
Perseverance investigates intriguing Martian bedrock
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has begun exploring an area the science team calls "Yori Pass" near the base of Jezero ...
Space exploration goes underground
Is there life in Martian caves? It's a good question, but it's not the right question-yet. An international collaboration of ...
Martian dust storms churn up Earth-like clouds
ESA's Mars Express has revealed that Mars churns up surprisingly Earth-like cloud patterns that are reminiscent of those in our ...
Mars Express sets data relay record
ESA's Mars Express spacecraft recently conducted tests in which it relayed data gathered by NASA's Perseverance rover back to Earth. ...
Losing the Rhythm – Sols 3648-3649
Curiosity was parked amongst beautiful, rhythmically layered bedrock in our previous workspace. The term rhythmic is used to describe fine ...
Perseverance activities at Amalik outcrop
On Sol 579 (October 6, 2022), Perseverance collected a sedimentary sample named "Mageik," the mission's 14th rock core, from the ...
MAVEN observes Martian light show caused by major solar storm
For the first time in its eight years orbiting Mars, NASA's MAVEN mission witnessed two different types of ultraviolet aurorae ...