Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 15, 2022 - Our Curious robotic explorer is spending another Valentine's Day in faraway Gale crater, Mars. For the first time since 2019, Curiosity has a NASA-built MRV (Martian Rover Valentine)! Although Perse
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 15, 2022 - When NASA's Perseverance Mars rover tried to collect its first rock core sample last August, the outcome presented a puzzle for the mission team: The rover's sample tube came up empty. But why?
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 11, 2022 - Three abrasions and four sample cores later, the rover has finally departed the Seitah area and is embarking on the return leg of the crater floor campaign. One major difference between the out tr
Paris (ESA) Feb 11, 2022 - Chaotic mounds, wind-sculpted ripples and dust devil tracks: this image shows a fascinating and otherworldly landscape near Hooke Crater in Mars' southern highlands. The image was taken by the
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 11, 2022 - We are continuing our traverse towards the Greenheugh pediment. We passed along this area on our detour to The Prow, and our sedimentologists have a long list of imaging wishes, features which cau
Manchester UK (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 - Scientists at The University of Manchester and The University of Glasgow have today provided more insight into the possibility of establishing a pathway to generate oxygen for humans to potentially
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 - It has long been known that Mars once had oceans due in part to a protective magnetic field similar to Earth's. However, the magnetic field disappeared, and new research may finally be able to expla
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 09, 2022 - After our adventures further uphill, Curiosity is backing down hill to get to the start of the path she will take up to the Greenheugh Pediment. We are still surrounded by amazing stratigraphy and
Manchester UK (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 - Scientists at The University of Manchester and The University of Glasgow have provided more insight into the possibility of establishing a pathway to generate oxygen for humans to potentially call t
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 08, 2022 - NASA has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Space of Littleton, Colorado, to build the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), a small, lightweight rocket to launch rock, sediment, and atmospheric samples fro
Washington (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 - Lockheed Martin's space division has won a NASA contract to build the rocket that will return the first Mars rock samples to Earth in the 2030s, the US space agency said Monday.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 07, 2022 - America's favorite red monster may not be interested in rocks, but Perseverance can't wait to keep exploring the rocks on Mars! How does the rover study rocks up-close? The Mars2020 Pers
Perth, Australia (SPX) Feb 04, 2022 - Curtin University researchers studying a Martian meteorite have found the first evidence of high-intensity damage caused by asteroid impact, in findings that have implications for understanding when
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 04, 2022 - In our weekend drive we aimed to get up close to the Toron block, which is a float rock or out of place chunk of bedrock in the workspace. Unlike many float rocks, Toron's original location (tan
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 03, 2022 - The above image is a MAHLI image of a small part of the Toron block in front of the rover. Take a moment to marvel at all the details. We arrived here two sols ago and didn't drive away just yet to
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2022 - The surface of Mars is barren and inhospitable, but perhaps it wasn't always that way. Billions of years ago, when life emerged on Earth, the climate of Mars could have been Earth-like as well, with
