Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 28, 2022 - In today's plan, we got to exercise our combined APXS-MAHLI touch and go capability. Now that our days on Mars are starting a bit earlier thanks to Earth rising earlier in the morning sky, APXS gets
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 - On 24 December 2021, NASA's InSight lander felt the ground shake. Its SEIS seismometer registered a marsquake of magnitude 4. Independently, a 150-metre diameter crater was photographed from orbit b
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 - Seismologists from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new method to scan the deep interior of planets in our solar system to confirm whether they have a core at the heart of t
Paris (ESA) Oct 28, 2022 - In 1877, the American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered two small moons circling the planet Mars, later named Phobos and Deimos after the Greek for 'fear' and 'panic'. But it was excitement, ra
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 27, 2022 - The long Sol 3631 drive went well, leaving the rover near exposures of nodule-rich bedrock. Because we have examined the chemical composition of nodules recently, a goal for today's planning was to
Washington (AFP) Oct 27, 2022 - Scientists who study Mars on Thursday revealed the remarkable Christmas gift they received from the planet last year.
Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 26, 2022 - As the goals of Mars exploration expand to include sample return, it becomes important to protect Earth from potential extraterrestrial sources of contamination. Likewise, it is important to avoid m
Evanston IL (SPX) Oct 26, 2022 - When Mars' first samples return to Earth, scientists should be on the lookout for ancient sleeping bacteria, a new study has found. In a first-of-its-kind study, a research team, including Nor
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 25, 2022 - We continue our drive through Marker Band valley, an area of high interest scientifically, due to strong evidence of sulfates from orbital mapping. In this area, the sulfates are typically magnesi
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 21, 2022 - Have you ever seen faces on Mars? What about weirdly shaped rocks resembling animals and bones? Rocks with spooky holes and crevices? Over the course of Perseverance's time on Mars, multiple i
Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 - According to new research, Mars may have been born a blue and water-covered world, long before the Earth had even finished forming. The discovery could open a window for scientists on an overlooked
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 21, 2022 - Like a car's crumple zone, the experimental SHIELD lander is designed to absorb a hard impact. NASA has successfully touched down on Mars nine times, relying on cutting-edge parachutes, massiv
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2022 - For the first time in a little while we're at a new location after a drive in the last plan, which means new targets for the Geo team to investigate, and slightly different viewsheds for ENV to work
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2022 - After journeying this summer through a narrow, sand-lined pass, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover recently arrived in the sulfate-bearing unit, a long-sought region of Mount Sharp enriched with salty mi
Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 - If there ever was life on Mars - and that's a huge if - conditions during the planet's infancy most likely would have supported it, according to a study led by University of Arizona researchers. D
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 19, 2022 - Curiosity is focused on wrapping up the drill campaign at the Canaima site before hitting the road again. Curiosity started out with an unexpected 10% surplus in energy known as a power gift. This
