Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2023 - Advanced Space, an industry frontrunner in the creation of cutting-edge space technology, is set to make significant strides in deep space and planetary exploration through its collaboration with th
Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 27, 2023 - A joint research team led by Prof. DU Aimin from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS) has found extremely weak magnetic fields during the Zhurong rover
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 26, 2023 - We started planning today with the great news that our drive was successful! This put us in a perfect position for our split touch-and-go plan - lots to see, and no need to worry that we might be on
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
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
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
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
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
