MARS

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NASA selects developer for rocket to retrieve first samples from Mars
Feb 08, 2022 (SPX)
"This groundbreaking endeavor is destined to inspire the world when the first robotic round-trip mission retrieves a sample from another planet - a significant ...
Lockheed Martin wins NASA contract to bring Mars samples back to Earth
Feb 08, 2022 (AFP)
The "small, lightweight rocket" will be the first to take off from another planet, bringing back "rock, sediment and atmospheric samples from the surface of the...
Nobody Tell Elmo About Issole
Feb 07, 2022 (JPL)
How does the rover study rocks up-close? The Mars2020 Perseverance rover is equipped with several instruments that help it investigate the surface of Mars. The ...
Sols 3374-3375: MAHLI Lets the Dog Out at the Prow!
Feb 04, 2022 (JPL)
The rover planners placed the rover in the optimal position to plan some amazing contact science. APXS analysis of the block (target "Sumuru", in the upper cent...
Shocked zircon find a 'one-off gift' from Mars
Feb 04, 2022 (SPX)
Published in leading journal Science Advances, the research examined grains of the mineral zircon in Martian meteorite NWA 7034. The meteorite, colloquially kno...
NASA-Funded Study Extends Period When Mars Could Have Supported Life
Feb 03, 2022 (SPX)
"Our simulation revealed that three billion years ago, the climate in much of the northern hemisphere of Mars was very similar to present-day Earth, with a stab...
Sols 3376-3377: Second Servings at the Prow
Feb 03, 2022 (JPL)
In other words, we have another sol to add investigations of details on this block and in the area. In detail, ChemCam is looking at the target 'Apocaila' to do...
Helicopters Flying at Mars May Glow at Dusk
Feb 02, 2022 (SPX)
"The faint glow would be most visible during evening hours when the background sky is darker," said William Farrell of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Gre...
Almost on the rove again
Feb 01, 2022 (JPL)
As outlined in our previous blog post, the team made good progress ejecting pebbles that became lodged in the interior of Perseverance's bit carousel, but two m...
China's Mars orbiter sends back selfie video on Lunar New Year eve
Feb 01, 2022 (XNA)
The video published by the China National Space Administration showed that the orbiter's 3000N engine, propellant tank, attitude control engine and other compon...
Sols 3371-3373: Some Lucky Breaks at the Prow
Feb 01, 2022 (JPL)
A change in grain size can show that we have changing conditions over time, so getting MAHLI on rocks here is the highest priority so that we can get a solid me...
Extremely harsh volcanic lake shows how life might have existed on Mars
Jan 28, 2022 (SPX)
The hydrothermal crater lake of the Poas volcano in Costa Rica is one of the most hostile habitats on the planet. The water is ultra-acidic, full of toxic metal...
Out of Pebble Purgatory
Jan 28, 2022 (JPL)
We had more than a suspicion the rocks had departed the Perseverance rover on Sunday when imagery of the bit carousel came down after a short 16-foot (5 meter) ...
Crater tree rings
Jan 28, 2022 (ESA)
The image was taken by the CaSSIS camera onboard the ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) on 13 June 2021 in the vast northern plains of Acidalia Plani...
Making a splash in a lava sea
Jan 27, 2022 (ESA)
At first glance, two contrasting circular features jump out of this scene: a volcano that rises gently above the surface with a collapsed caldera system, and an...
NASA's MRO Finds Water Flowed on Mars Longer Than Previously Thought
Jan 27, 2022 (JPL)
It's commonly believed that Mars' water evaporated about 3 billion years ago. But two scientists studying data that MRO has accumulated at Mars over the last 15...
Sols 3369-3370: Ok Then, Maybe Not, Mars
Jan 27, 2022 (JPL)
There is no point trying to fight it, it will win. Our attempt to drive to the outcrop showed that the terrain is tricky, and that sand under the wheels caused ...
Island in a lake of lava - the Martian volcano Jovis Tholus
Jan 27, 2022 (SPX)
The HRSC was developed by the German Aerospace Center and is operated by its Institute of Planetary Research in Berlin-Adlershof. Since 2004, it has been mappin...
SwRI scientist helps confirm liquid water beneath Mars south polar cap
Jan 26, 2022 (SPX)
With a 130-foot antenna, MARSIS flies over the planet, bouncing radio waves over a selected area and then receiving and analyzing the echoes or reflections. Any...
Sols 3367-3368: The Prow to take another bow
Jan 26, 2022 (JPL)
However, Curiosity ended up perched on a couple of rocks and at a tilt, such that we were not able to safely deploy the arm and use either MAHLI or APXS. This m...
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