Out of Pebble Purgatory
The final two pebbles hitching a ride aboard our rover's bit carousel are gone but not forgotten. I'll give you ...
Tag: NASA
NASA's MRO Finds Water Flowed on Mars Longer Than Previously Thought
Mars once rippled with rivers and ponds billions of years ago, providing a potential habitat for microbial life. As the ...
How to Retain a Core
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 25, 2022 Have you ever wondered how a coring bit grabs and holds onto a rock ...
Hope for present-day Martian groundwater dries up
Liquid water previously detected under Mars' ice-covered south pole is probably just a dusty mirage, according to a new study ...
Sols 3364-3366: Back at the Prow
On Wednesday we collected our first MAHLI images of the outcrops we've been studying the last few sols, and then ...
Perseverance's first year on Mars: Purdue professor, mission team member looks at what is ahead
Almost one year into the Mars rover mission, accomplishing its goal is on the horizon for Purdue University's Briony Horgan ...
Dust storm grounded Mars helicopter, but it's ready to fly again
One of the Red Planet's famous dust storms has kept the Mars helicopter Ingenuity grounded for two weeks, but the ...
Sols 3362-3363: Sedimentologist's Delight
After a few sols of challenges that prevented us from getting close-up MAHLI imaging of this dark outcrop in front ...
Wanted: recycling methods to keep astronauts alive
It took a crop of potatoes to keep Matt Damon alive on the red planet in The Martian. And in ...
Grounded: First Flight Delay Due to Inclement Weather on Another World
The atmosphere of Mars is much less dense than Earth's; however, the Mars climate shares many similarities to Earth: seasons, ...