MARSDAILY - ROBO DAILY

NASA Releases Independent Review's Mars Sample Return Report

Sep 22, 2023 (SPX)

In addition to bringing home the first sample collected from Mars, this highly complex mission would include the first launch from the surface of another planet...

Autonomous systems help NASA's Perseverance do more science on Mars

Sep 22, 2023 (JPL)

In fact, Perseverance has set rover speed records on Mars since landing in February 2021. The feats of AutoNav were detailed in a paper about the rover's autono...

New Mars gravity analysis improves understanding of possible ancient ocean

Sep 22, 2023 (SPX)

The research was led by Jaroslav Klokocnik, professor emeritus at the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Gunther Kletetschka, associate re...

Within the Margin

Sep 20, 2023 (JPL)

The lithological boundary at Mandu Wall marks an important waypoint along the climb towards Jezero Crater's rim, as it comprises an abundance of carbonate-beari...

Curiosity reaches Mars ridge where water left debris pileup

Sep 20, 2023 (JPL)

Now, after three attempts, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has reached the ridge, capturing the formation in a 360-degree panoramic mosaic. Previous forays were sty...

On the up and up, the view just keeps getting better: Sols 3953-3954

Sep 18, 2023 (JPL)

Today's 2-sol plan has most of the activities on the first sol of the plan to ensure that we get all the data down before we plan again on Wednesday. Curiosity ...

Dusty Skies in the Cloudy Season: Sols 3950-3952

Sep 15, 2023 (JPL)

Consequently, we had to pivot today's plan to one focused on imaging. This isn't an unusual occurrence; however, there was a small software problem here on the ...

Sols 3948-3949: A Rocky Road, or Two!

Sep 13, 2023 (JPL)

In the current parking position, we have entered a new quad of the map, the Bishop quad named after the small town of Bishop. Bishop lies in the shadow of Calif...

Another Martian Weekend Sols 3943-3945

Sep 12, 2023 (JPL)

This means that we have a very familiar weekend plan - contact science on the first sol, a drive on the second sol, and remote science on the third sol. We've h...

Sols 3936-3939: Double the Fun

Sep 11, 2023 (JPL)

The soon-to-be-much-cleaner block is the brightly-illuminated one near the center of the workspace. One DRT will cover the fractured texture near the bottom of ...

Effect of geometric porosities on aerodynamic characteristics of supersonic parachutes

Sep 08, 2023 (SPX)

Hence, the influence mechanism of porous seams or gaps and their locations on the performance of supersonic parachute systems in Martian atmospheric conditions ...

China publishes new datasets obtained by Mars, lunar probes

Sep 08, 2023 (XNA)

The scientific data obtained by three scientific payloads including a high-definition camera on Tianwen 1, the country's Mars probe, from January to March this ...

NASA's completes Oxygen-Generating Experiment MOXIE

Sep 08, 2023 (JPL)

"MOXIE's impressive performance shows that it is feasible to extract oxygen from Mars' atmosphere - oxygen that could help supply breathable air or rocket prope...

Sols 3941-3942: Follow the Red Bumpy Road

Sep 06, 2023 (JPL)

The rover is currently driving across bumpy terrain consisting of rounded bedrock sticking up between dark sand and drift as she drives south, and slightly uphi...

Mars helicopter Ingenuity completes 56th flight

Aug 31, 2023 (UPI)

Ingenuity flew 1,334 feet, a little over a quarter of a mile, across the Martian surface last Saturday, JPL said in a statement. The tiny chopper flew at a maxi...

Copy and Paste at Gale Crater: Sols 3934-3935

Aug 30, 2023 (JPL)

Today, we're back on track with planning with a lot of discussions about the degree to which we should copy and paste the original plan intended for sols 3932 t...

Photocatalytic CO2 conversion for artificial carbon cycle at extraterrestrial sites

Aug 30, 2023 (SPX)

For example, an astronaut needs almost a kilogram of oxygen per day to sustain their life. Therefore, tons of oxygen have to be transported to build a station a...

Sols 3932-3933: Touch and Go, Go, Go!

Aug 28, 2023 (JPL)

This is one of our longer recent drives, and we are planning another one tosol as we anticipate our next drilling campaign in an interesting area of alternating...

NASA, Partners study ancient life in Australia to inform Mars search

Aug 25, 2023 (SPX)

In June 2023, NASA's Mars Exploration Program leaders joined their counterparts from the Australian Space Agency, ESA (European Space Agency), and the Australia...

Martian Tapas With a View: Sols 3926-3927

Aug 24, 2023 (JPL)

There's currently no future plan to get this close to uGVr geology again, so making sure we get the data we need here trumps driving away. Therefore, we're skip...