Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 01, 2022 - NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission and the United Arab Emirates' Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) have released joint observations of dynamic proton aurora events at Mars. Remo
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 01, 2022 - On the red and dusty surface of Mars, nearly 100 million miles from Earth, an instrument the size of a lunchbox is proving it can reliably do the work of a small tree. The MIT-led Mars Oxygen
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 01, 2022 - These images, acquired using with DLR High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), reveal a chaotic region on our neighbouring planet. It is located near Holden Crater in the southern Martian highlands and
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 29, 2022 - After a successful 13 meter weekend drive, Curiosity finds itself in the middle of Marker Band valley. The underlaying bedrock has changed dramatically over the last week, from dark and nodular to
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2022 - In its first year exploring Jezero Crater on Mars, the Perseverance rover collected rock samples that scientists anticipate will provide a long-awaited timeline for the planet's geologic and water h
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 28, 2022 - Coming in to work on the three-sol plan for the weekend, we were met with another set of stunning Images of the landscape around us. But for the Rover Planners the thing that really stood out is jus
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Aug 26, 2022 - The accepted view of Mars is red rocks and craters as far as the eye can see. That's much what scientists expected when they landed the rover Perseverance in the Jezero Crater, a spot chosen partly
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 26, 2022 - The Mars 2020 Mission is pushing the boundaries of what is possible on Mars. The most incredible part of working on Mars 2020, for me, has been the versatility of both the hardware and the operation
Los Alamos NM (SPX) Aug 26, 2022 - Scientists on NASA's Perseverance mission made a surprising discovery about the composition of rock in Jezero Crater, one that will help them get a better idea of when water existed on Mars, and ult
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 26, 2022 - Scientists got a surprise when NASA's Perseverance Mars rover began examining rocks on the floor of Jezero Crater in spring of 2021: Because the crater held a lake billions of years ago, they had ex
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2022 - After a tantalizing year-and-a-half wait since the Mars Perseverance Rover touched down on our nearest planetary neighbor, new data is arriving - and bringing with it a few surprises. The rove
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 24, 2022 - It was a busy day for the Curiosity uplink team! After our arm activity and data volume restrictions described by Lucy Thompson from last plan, we came in today with ~120% downlinked data performanc
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 23, 2022 - We are almost through Paraitepuy pass, an area between two large buttes that has made for tricky driving while dealing with communication challenges, sand and broken-up rocks. But the end is in sigh
Paris (ESA) Aug 23, 2022 - A new map of Mars is changing the way we think about the planet's watery past, and showing where we should land in the future. The map shows mineral deposits across the planet and has been pai
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 23, 2022 - After an extended stay at Wildcat Ridge, the Perseverance team is preparing to head southwest to another sedimentary outcrop on the Jezero Crater delta called Enchanted Lake. This site has enchant
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 22, 2022 - Today we planned a single sol plan cramming lots of science into a small plan, before driving in the afternoon. The workspace here has flat-lying bedrock, sometimes with visible laminations or with
