Drilling Again – Sols 3512-3513
Today was an exciting day of planning (and not just because of the thunderstorms here in southern California!). We planned ...
Tag: Red Planet
NASA Mars Orbiter Releasing One of Its Last Rainbow-Colored Maps
Scientists are about to get a new look at Mars, thanks to a multicolored 5.6-gigapixel map. Covering 86% of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Software upgrade for 19-year-old Martian water-spotter
The MARSIS instrument on ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, famous for its role in the discovery of signs of liquid water ...
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 ...
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 ...
ESA and NASA take decisions and plan for the future
The next steps in exploring and using space for the benefit of European citizens were this week on the agenda ...
Three years of Marsquake measurements
The InSight mission on Mars is running out of power and most of its functions could be shut down in ...