MARSDAILY - ROBO DAILY

Rover on the home stretch to the Martian moon Phobos

Jun 21, 2023 (SPX)

"We are very excited to collaborate with CNES and DLR as part of the MMX mission, which endeavours to clarify the origin of the martian moons and the evolutiona...

Continuing along the alternate route: Sols 3861-3864

Jun 21, 2023 (JPL)

I really hope we continue to have successful drives because we planned a ~50 meter drive today! This drive will continue to take us east, towards a slightly les...

Welcome to Kalavryta: Sols 3866-3867

Jun 21, 2023 (JPL)

For starters, in order to better synchronize with Curiosity's workday, our shifts started later than usual in order to permit requisite data from the previous p...

It easier ever view Mars landscapes in high resolution

Jun 15, 2023 (SPX)

"Now anyone on the planet with a smart phone can search, use, and marvel at these data," said Jay Laura, lead of the team at USGS's Astrogeology Science Center ...

Curiosity captures Morning and Afternoon on Mars

Jun 14, 2023 (JPL)

The postcard is an artistic interpretation of the landscape, with color added over two black-and-white panoramas captured by Curiosity's navigation cameras. The...

Up and Over - Curiosity Is Heading East: Sol 3857

Jun 14, 2023 (JPL)

During science operations I served as the "Keeper Of the Plan," or KOP, for the geology (GEO) theme group. The GEO KOP uses a science activity planner software ...

A Geologist in a Rock Shop: Sols 3859-3860

Jun 14, 2023 (JPL)

On the first sol of the plan, Mastcam will document "Pisori," a large fractured rock, to get a closer look at the fresher surfaces. Additionally, Mastcam will c...

Artificial photosynthesis for real oxygen

Jun 12, 2023 (ESA)

Devices are currently being developed that mimic the process of photosynthesis in plants to turn sunlight and water into oxygen. A study by the University of Wa...

Time To Try a New Route: Sols 3853-3856

Jun 09, 2023 (JPL)

After multiple attempts to get uphill but making only incremental progress, the team decided today to try a new route. The new route looks a lot less steep, whi...

Science and sampling attempts at the Onahu Outcrop

Jun 09, 2023 (SPX)

We've been exploring the Onahu outcrop for the past 3 weeks, having previously performed an abrasion named Ouzel Falls. We saw from this abrasion that the rock ...

How NASA gives a name to every spot it studies on Mars

Jun 09, 2023 (JPL)

Both names are among thousands applied by NASA missions not just to craters and hills, but also to every boulder, pebble, and rock surface they study. "The No. ...

First Mars livestream: the movie

Jun 08, 2023 (ESA)

This gif is made up of all the images that came down during that hour, roughly 50 seconds apart from each other, beamed directly from the Visual Monitoring Came...

Slippery Science: Sols 3851-3852

Jun 06, 2023 (JPL)

One happy surprise after such an outcome was the ability to use our arm, unlike last Friday. The APXS and MAHLI teams quickly decided to target a spot on the la...

20 years of Mars Express: Mars as never seen before

Jun 02, 2023 (ESA)

Such large-scale images are typically obtained to observe weather patterns on Mars - but even in the absence of atmospheric phenomena they offer wonderful views...

Mars in colour as never seen before

Jun 02, 2023 (SPX)

A Fregat upper stage delivered the mission on a transfer orbit to Mars, which the spacecraft reached on 25 December of the same year. The High Resolution Stereo...

Mars Express by the numbers

Jun 02, 2023 (SPX)

Equipped with an advanced suite of eight instruments, Mars Express was designed to scrutinize Mars from its surface to its atmosphere. It was initially projecte...

30 Kilometers and Counting: Sols 3845-3847

Jun 01, 2023 (JPL)

Driving is especially difficult for Curiosity and the rover drivers right now. One of us remarked they wouldn't want to walk through there, let alone drive, but...

Feeling the Churn: Sols 3841-3844

May 31, 2023 (JPL)

As you can see in the above rear Hazcam image, Curiosity had the same experience toward the end of her last drive. Her wheels churned through the sand she encou...

Ingenuity's high-stakes game of hide and seek

May 28, 2023 (JPL)

Flight 46 had put Ingenuity within sight of the scientifically important Tenby region, but a number of minor issues delayed the execution of Flight 47, allowing...

Meet the scientist (sort of) spending a year on Mars

May 27, 2023 (AFP)

"We are just going to pretend that we're there," the 52-year-old told AFP, summing up her participation in an exercise simulating a long stay on the Red Planet....