Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 23, 2023 - NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission acquired stunning views of Mars in two ultraviolet images taken at different points along our neighboring planet's orbit around the Sun.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2023 - Today we started planning at a location short of our intended drive end position. Mars has, once again, not read our script! Regular readers of this blog will have noticed lately that many reports s
Gainesville FL (SPX) Jun 22, 2023 - Sampling Martian rocks requires persistence! Right now, Perseverance is on the hunt for a conglomerate rock to sample for return to Earth - a task that is proving to be challenging. Two attempts wer
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 22, 2023 - Earth planning date: Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Curiosity is currently trekking east along a small detour due to recent challenges on steep, rocky, sandy terrain. Today we planned 1 sol known as a 'Tou
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 21, 2023 - Time, it never seems to pass at a constant rate. Today is summer solstice here in the northern hemisphere on Earth; the longest day of the year. It was only fitting time was at the forefront of pl
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 21, 2023 - Earth planning date: Friday, June 16, 2023 Hearing today's drive completed as planned for the third time in a row was a refreshing change from last week when Curiosity was struggling to get up a roc
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 21, 2023 - The origin of the martian moons Phobos and Deimos is still an unsolved mystery in planetary research. Both moons will be the targets of the Japanese Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission. A German
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 15, 2023 - There is a huge difference between looking at a photo of the Grand Canyon and seeing it in person. If you want to look at another planet's landscape, seeing it in person is not an option. That's why
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 14, 2023 - Earth planning date: Monday, June 12, 2023. Curiosity has been diligently driving uphill through a canyon but the terrain right near the crest has proven to be challenging due to a combination of st
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 14, 2023 - It appears that Curiosity's recent traverse has turned a new leaf as this is the second successful drive after lots of slipping and sliding. The new workspace is full of goodies for us to target and
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 14, 2023 - After completing a major software update in April, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took a last look at Marker Band Valley before leaving it behind, capturing a postcard of the scene. The postc
Paris (ESA) Jun 12, 2023 - On Earth our varied and abundant species of plants produce all the life-giving oxygen we need to breathe, but when we venture outside of our world such as on the International Space Station or the M
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 09, 2023 - This blog covers two planning shifts this week, June 7 and Friday, June 9, 2023, for a total of four sols of activities. Curiosity has been trying to work her way to the top of a canyon towards an i
Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 09, 2023 - Recently on Mars, Perseverance wrestled with sampling a crumbly rock and continued our boulder-bonanza! We've been exploring the Onahu outcrop for the past 3 weeks, having previously performed
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 09, 2023 - NASA's Perseverance rover is currently investigating rock outcrops alongside the rim of Mars' Belva Crater. Some 2,300 miles (3,700 kilometers) away, NASA's Curiosity rover recently drilled a sample
Paris (ESA) Jun 08, 2023 - To celebrate the 20th birthday of ESA's Mars Express on 2 June, and after months of work from engineers and scientists to make it possible, ESA aired the first-ever Mars livestream. For an hour, it
