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
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
Nanjing, China (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 - The subsurface of Mars records important historical information on the formation and evolution of Mars. As an ionized medium, the Martian ionosphere plays a special role in radio wave propagation an
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 18, 2022 - An international team of researchers came up with a plasma-based way to produce and separate oxygen within the Martian environment. It's a complementary approach to NASA's Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resour
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 18, 2022 - Space Hero, Lava and One Digital Entertainment has announced plans for the creation of Space Village, a series of 10 iconic futuristic space-inspired landmarks in different locations around the worl
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 18, 2022 - The road through Paraitepuy pass continues to challenge our intrepid Curiosity rover. We attempted to cross another large sand ripple (formally called a transverse aeolian ridge, or TAR) in Tuesda
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 18, 2022 - Curiosity is continuing the journey through Paraitepuy Pass. The image above shows why it is going to take some time to traverse through this area. Here the navigation cameras snapped a photo of Cur
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 18, 2022 - A mathematical model developed by space medicine experts from The Australian National University (ANU) could be used to predict whether an astronaut can safely travel to Mars and fulfil their missio
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 16, 2022 - We filled much of today's plan imaging the wonders around and ahead of us as we pick our way through Paraitepuy Pass - the towering buttes, geologic relationships, and layers that have drawn our a
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 15, 2022 - We are making slow but steady progress through the Paraitepuy pass, having passed the approximate halfway point over the weekend. Today's one sol plan found us staring around the corner at the nec
Morgantown WV (SPX) Aug 12, 2022 - West Virginia University scientists have developed a way for extraplanetary rovers to use nonvisual information to maneuver over treacherous terrain. This research aims to prevent losses like that o
San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2022 - A new analysis of seismic data from NASA's Mars InSight mission has revealed a couple of surprises. The first surprise: the top 300 meters of the subsurface beneath the landing site near the M
Newark DE (SPX) Aug 11, 2022 - Sustained space exploration will require infrastructure that doesn't currently exist: buildings, housing, rocket landing pads. So, where do you turn for construction materials when they are to
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 10, 2022 - Curiosity is continuing to press on through Paraitepuy Pass with the successful completion of last plan's drive and another coming up on the first sol of today's two-sol plan. The terrain cont
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 10, 2022 - Curiosity continues to conquer obstacles as we enter our 11th year of operations on Mars. Curiosity is working her way through Paraitepuy Pass, with stunning views and challenging terrain, as seen i
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 09, 2022 - We've got thumbnails!! shouted, emotionally, over excited celebrations, is my most intense memory from 10 years ago. I had sat, with a lot of colleagues from my home university, The Open Universit
