On the Cusp of Drilling: Sol 3511
It has been almost 8 months to the day since Curiosity powered up its drill and extracted tailings from a ...
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NASA's Curiosity Captures Stunning Views of a Changing Mars Landscape
Striking rock formations documented by the rover provide evidence of a drying climate in the Red Planet's ancient past. For ...
A Long History of Flowing Water Recorded in Clay-Bearing Sediments on Mars
A region on Mars may have been repeatedly habitable until relatively late in Martian history, says a new paper by ...
Getting all the possible science in – Sols 3507-3511
This weekend plan is a four sol plan to allow a no planning day on Monday, for the commemoration of ...
A blueprint for life forms on Mars
The extremely salty, very cold, and almost oxygen-free environment under the permafrost of Lost Hammer Spring in Canada's High Arctic ...
Chinese official says its Mars sample mission will beat NASA back to Earth
A senior Chinese space official said on Monday the country is on track to bring back rocks from the surface ...
InSight gets a few extra weeks of Mars science
As the power available to NASA's InSight Mars lander diminishes by the day, the spacecraft's team has revised the mission's ...
Researcher awarded $100,000 to identify potential fuel source on Mars
Associate professor Vincent Chevrier at the U of A Center for Space and Planetary Sciences was awarded $100,000 to study ...
New maps of asteroid Psyche reveal an ancient world of metal and rock
Later this year, NASA is set to launch a probe the size of a tennis court to the asteroid belt, ...
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 ...