Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 06, 2023 - There's a special sort of hopeful-nervousness I feel on a weekend with a challenging drive. It's how I felt this last weekend, waiting for our rover to try and execute the 11 meter drive that was su
Paris (ESA) Jun 02, 2023 - A new mosaic of Mars marks 20 years since the launch of ESA's Mars Express, and reveals the planet's colour and composition in spectacular detail. The mosaic was created using data from Mars Express
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 02, 2023 - Exactly 20 years ago, on 2 June 2003, the Mars Express spacecraft, the first European mission to explore another planet in the Solar System, launched on a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Co
Paris (SPX) Jun 02, 2023 - Exactly two decades ago, on 2 June 2003, ESA's Mars Express orbiter launched and began its journey to the Red Planet - Europe's first ever mission to Mars. The spacecraft aimed to enter orbit around
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 01, 2023 - Earth planning date: Tuesday, May 30, 2023. What do you do when you are driving through challenging terrain? Well, hit a new record! Tosol we have passed the 30 kilometer mark! That's a Mars rover m
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 31, 2023 - Earth planning date: Friday, May 26, 2023. If you have ever had the experience of hiking up a sand dune, you can recall the feeling in your legs as you worked extra hard to stay stable and make forw
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 28, 2023 - Even before the end of Ingenuity's primary mission as a technology demonstrator, the helicopter showed that it could provide tactical and scientific scouting for the Perseverance mission. In practic
Washington (AFP) May 27, 2023 - Living on Mars wasn't exactly a childhood dream for Canadian biologist Kelly Haston, though she'll soon spend a year preparing for just that.
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 25, 2023 - Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - May has been a busy month for Curiosity. Our rover has been hard at work since arriving at its current location around the first of the month. In the t
Beijing, China (SPX) May 24, 2023 - An international research team led by Professor Long Xiao from the School of Earth Sciences of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) discovered the presence of marine sedimentary rocks on the surf
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 24, 2023 - Earth planning date: Monday, May 22, 2023- Curiosity successfully wrapped up the Ubajara drill campaign over the weekend with some imaging of the drill tailings. This Monday, we are planning two s
Birmingham UK (SPX) May 24, 2023 - Tunnels deep underground in North Yorkshire are providing a unique opportunity to study how humans might be able to live and operate on the Moon or on Mars. Researchers at the University of Bi
Beijing (XNA) May 22, 2023 - China's Mars rover Zhurong has provided key observational evidence of liquid water at low Martian latitudes, the warmest regions on the red planet, according to a new study published in the journal
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 19, 2023 - Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 17, 2023. As I'm writing this, it's about 8:30 pm on sol 3831 in Gale crater: ~16 hours after our SAM instrument ran its EGA experiment (which Abigail described s
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 19, 2023 - The Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover recently collected 152 images while looking deep into Belva Crater, a large impact crater within the far larger Jezero Crater. Stitched
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 18, 2023 - The Perseverance rover has been exploring the top of the Western fan in Jezero crater for some time now, but new observations never fail to offer new insights. Sitting at the edge of Belva crater on
