MARSDAILY - ROBO DAILY

Curiosity faces its toughest climb yet on Mars

Aug 04, 2023 (JPL)

Jau is a pit stop on the rover's journey into the foothills of Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-tall (5-kilometer-tall) mountain that was covered with lakes, rivers, and s...

A frosty anniversary weekend for Curiosity: Sols 3909-3911

Aug 04, 2023 (JPL)

We have an exciting anniversary (or 'landiversary' as it's sometimes called, a portmanteau of landing anniversary) weekend planned for Curiosity, including hope...

NASA Mars Ascent Vehicle continues progress toward Mars Sample Return

Aug 01, 2023 (SPX)

Mars Sample Return will bring scientifically selected samples to Earth for study using the most sophisticated instrumentation around the world. This strategic p...

Hoping for Frost Sol 3906

Aug 01, 2023 (JPL)

We attempt this experiment every Martian winter by taking ChemCam measurements of the soil at dawn when the ground is coldest, then taking measurements of the s...

Deep Impact: Sol 3899

Jul 28, 2023 (JPL)

Despite the significant time and power resources required to accomplish the imaging, we were still able to squeeze in some chemical analyses and close-up imagin...

Frosty the ChemCam: Sols 3902-3904

Jul 28, 2023 (JPL)

Planning activities outside the most temperate parts of the sol (our "no-heat-windows" of time) take more power since we need to turn on the heaters and wake th...

Making the Most of Limited Power: Sols 3900-3901

Jul 28, 2023 (JPL)

The rover will still be very busy, using its remote sensing and arm instruments and driving on the second sol. The plan for Sol 3900 starts with Navcam and Mast...

Mawrth Vallis region - the deepest clay deposits on Mars

Jul 27, 2023 (SPX)

Enormous Martian valley once again the focus for HRSC On 18 February 2023, Mars Express made a repeat flyover of the Mawrth Vallis region, one of the most disti...

Making the most of limited power: Sols 3900-3901

Jul 26, 2023 (JPL)

But the engineering team has done a great job over the years finding ways to conserve power, and the power limitations are therefore not as severe as they were ...

Unveiling Mars' Past: Olympus Mons as a Gigantic Volcanic Isle

Jul 26, 2023 (SPX)

Olympus Mons, with a staggering altitude over 20,000 meters, not only dwarfs all Earthly volcanoes but also boasts certain morphological resemblances with curre...

Sol 3898: A Stop Along the Road

Jul 24, 2023 (JPL)

The image above shows one of today's cool rocks. APXS and MAHLI are both investigating the bumpy, ridged surface on the side nearest the rover, a target named '...

Sleeping the Sol Away: Sol 3894

Jul 21, 2023 (JPL)

This is because if they want to take a close-up look at something, they will usually have only a sol or two to do so before we drive away, never to come back (w...

Sols 3895-3897: Navigating Through the Crater Cluster

Jul 21, 2023 (JPL)

To do that, the team is hoping to assess the target rocks, any evidence for the impactor, and the morphology of the craters. While the craters are very easy to ...

Perseverance sees Mars in a new light

Jul 21, 2023 (JPL)

Short for Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals, SHERLOC helps scientists decide whether a sample is worth coll...

The clays of Mawrth Vallis

Jul 20, 2023 (ESA)

Mars Express has imaged this area of the Red Planet before. Data collected by the spacecraft were used to create a large mosaic of Mawrth Vallis back in 2016, a...

Ancient river is helping Perseverance Mars Rover do its work

Jul 20, 2023 (JPL)

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover sealed the tube containing its 20th rock core sample on June 23 (the 832nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission), and the mission'...

CHAPEA Mars Simulation program a test bed for food systems and crop cultivation

Jul 20, 2023 (SPX)

Having undertaken extensive training for several weeks to adapt to habitat life, mission operations, safety protocols, and team dynamics, the crew is ready for ...

Senate expresses 'significant concerns' over NASA's Mars sample-retrieval plan

Jul 20, 2023 (UPI)

On Wednesday, a Senate appropriations committee offered only $300 million for the plan for the fiscal year 2024, well short of the $949 million for which the sp...

It's all still Rock and Roll to Us: Sols 3889-3891

Jul 18, 2023 (JPL)

These songs are most helpful right after landing, when the team is living on "Mars time" and operating the rovers on Mars' 25-hour daily schedule. Scheduling sh...

The Lion's Mane: Sols 3892-3893

Jul 17, 2023 (JPL)

So this mini campaign will bring us as close as possible to the cluster, for lots and lots of imaging to be analyzed, which will allow us to characterize the cr...