Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 02, 2022 - The whirling blades on drones flying above Mars may cause tiny electric currents to flow in the Martian atmosphere, according to a NASA study. These currents, if large enough, might cause the air su
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 01, 2022 - We'll soon be on the move again after shaking loose some pesky pebbles that became lodged in Perseverance's bit carousel. How has the science team been making the best use of our extended stay at th
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 01, 2022 - We continue to characterize The Prow, which stands proud above nearby flat lying dust coated bedrock. Our sedimentologists are very keen to get grain size measurements, as this can give very valua
Beijing (XNA) Feb 01, 2022 - China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 extended festival greetings to the Chinese people with stunning video footage captured by a camera on its orbiter to snap selfies above the red planet on Monday, the eve
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 28, 2022 - The final two pebbles hitching a ride aboard our rover's bit carousel are gone but not forgotten. I'll give you the latest on why they are gone and then tell you why we are not forgetting them - or
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 - A few specialist microbes survive conditions analogous to those of Mars' early history, reports a new publication in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science-and this may be thanks to a broad range
Paris (ESA) Jan 28, 2022 - This feature could easily be mistaken for a tree stump with characteristic concentric rings. It's actually an impressive birds-eye view into an ice-rich impact crater on Mars. Tree rings provide sna
Paris (ESA) Jan 27, 2022 - Volcanoes, impact craters, tectonic faults, river channels and a lava sea: a vast amount of information is captured in a relatively small area in this geologically rich new image from ESA's Mars Exp
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 27, 2022 - Mars once rippled with rivers and ponds billions of years ago, providing a potential habitat for microbial life. As the planet's atmosphere thinned over time, that water evaporated, leaving the froz
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 - These images, created using data acquired by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express orbiter, show the Jovis Tholus volcano and various other landscape features, such as
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 27, 2022 - In the last blog my colleague Lucy expressed excited hope for today's planning of close-up imagery of the rocks we tried to approach at 'The Prow.' But, well, sometimes Mars does not read the script
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 26, 2022 - The weekend plan included a short drive (or bump) to get us closer to one of the interesting, more resistant ledges that are exposed in this area (The Prow), as Curiosity continues her climb up Mo
San Antonio, TX (SPX) Jan 26, 2022 - A Southwest Research Institute scientist measured the properties of ice-brine mixtures as cold as -145 degrees Fahrenheit to help confirm that salty water likely exists between grains of ice or sedi
Urbana IL (SPX) Jan 25, 2022 - A satellite on a science mission to Mars aims for a low-altitude orbit, but the lower the orbit, the more propellant is required to enter orbit when arriving from Earth. To save propellant, a techni
Austin XT (SPX) Jan 25, 2022 - Liquid water previously detected under Mars' ice-covered south pole is probably just a dusty mirage, according to a new study of the red planet led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austi
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 25, 2022 - Have you ever wondered how a coring bit grabs and holds onto a rock core? As we drill, the bit teeth cut a 27mm diameter circle in the rock and leave the 13mm d
