Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 03, 2022 - When Perseverance landed on Mars on February 18, 2021 the entry, descent, and landing (EDL) hardware was discarded onto the surface at a safe distance away from the rover. Some of that EDL har
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 02, 2022 - Curiosity is making its way through the stunning Paraitepuy Pass, the little canyon that runs between the Deepdale and Bolivar buttes to our east and west, respectively. The canyon floor is fi
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 02, 2022 - For this 3-sol weekend plan, I worked as the Tactical Uplink Lead. This morning we came in to discover that the drive had stopped early due to high slip on the steep terrain, and our parking place w
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 29, 2022 - Today's plan is chock full of goodies! We start out sol 3546 with a ChemCam observation of a sand ripple Deposito and an RMI observation of the Bolivar outcrop in the distance. Then we'll do some
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 28, 2022 - NASA has finished the system requirements review for its Mars Sample Return Program, which is nearing completion of the conceptual design phase. During this phase, the program team evaluated and ref
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 28, 2022 - When a daring team of engineers put a lander and the first rover on the Red Planet a quarter century ago, they changed how the world explores. On a July evening in 1997, Jennifer Trosper drove home
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 28, 2022 - Today's team planned a single-sol plan. Our greatest challenge was fitting in all the fantastic science observations and drive distance required during the ~3.5 hours of Mars time available before w
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 27, 2022 - We have come to the end of our detour to image the Bolivar butte and are starting back to the MSAR (Mount Sharp Ascent Route). This plan provides the last chance to image Bolivar from this vantage
Washington (AFP) July 27, 2022 - NASA plans to bring 30 Martian rock samples back to Earth in 2033, the agency said Wednesday - and is sending two small helicopters to help the mission.
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 26, 2022 - Planetary scientists from Rice University, NASA's Johnson Space Center and the California Institute of Technology have an answer to a mystery that's puzzled the Mars research community since NASA's
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 25, 2022 - Some planning days are more complicated than others, not because Mars throws us a curve ball, that happens, too, as regular readers of this blog will know. No, sometimes it's just plain old computer
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Jul 22, 2022 - An international research team led by ZARM scientist Dr. Cyprien Verseux has now identified a cyanobacteria subspecies that seems to be best suited for use in a b
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 22, 2022 - If your name begins with L you will like this post about the first letter to be laser engraved on Mars. Every once in a while, we see cartoons in which a Mars rover is driven in a pattern to make
Paris (ESA) Jul 21, 2022 - The latest image release from ESA's Mars Express takes us over two ruptures in the martian crust that form part of the mighty Valles Marineris canyon system. Valles Marineris cuts across Mars
Washington (AFP) July 21, 2022 - Is it tumbleweed? A piece of fishing line? Spaghetti?
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 21, 2022 - When NASA's Mariner 9 spacecraft reached Mars more than 50 years ago at the end of 1971 and began to explore the planet from orbit, there was initially great disappointment at the control centre: vi
