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Hitting the road after three weeks at Ubajara: Sols 3839-3840
May 25, 2023 (JPL)
In today's two-sol plan we started by extending Curiosity's robotic arm first thing in the morning and cleared an oblate area (roughly the size of a sticky note...
Ancient northern ocean on Mars evidenced by in situ observations of marine sedimentary rocks
May 24, 2023 (SPX)
Currently Mars is cold and dry, lacking water and traces of life, but the Martian environment billions of years ago may have been very different. Past studies h...
A deep underground lab could hold key to habitability on Mars
May 24, 2023 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have launched the Bio-SPHERE project in a unique research facility located 1.1 km below the surface, in one of the d...
MAHLI works the night shift: Sols 3837-3838
May 24, 2023 (JPL)
We start off with Navcam and Mastcam line-of-sight observations to assess the dust content in the atmosphere. ChemCam will use its laser to ablate and analyze s...
Mars rover Zhurong finds evidence of water at red planet's low latitudes
May 22, 2023 (XNA)
Previous studies found evidence of a large amount of liquid water on early Mars, but dramatic climate changes led to very low pressure and water vapor content, ...
Remotely waiting in Gale: Sols 3832-3833
May 19, 2023 (JPL)
While we were able to confirm the success of the Ubajara drill sample drop-off to SAM and the start of the EGA, our first communication with Earth after the EGA...
Perseverance captures view of Mars' Belva Crater
May 19, 2023 (JPL)
"Mars rover missions usually end up exploring bedrock in small, flat exposures in the immediate workspace of the rover," said Katie Stack Morgan, deputy project...
Martian crust like heavy armour
May 18, 2023 (SPX)
In May 2022, the Marsquake Service at ETH Zurich recorded the largest quake ever observed on another planet. This event, with an estimated magnitude of 4.6 was ...
What's so special about large grains on Mars
May 18, 2023 (JPL)
Each unique rock, boulder, or sediment that the Science team examines could be a new piece of the puzzle for understanding source terrain, transport, and erosio...
OU space scientists provide new insight into the evolution of Mars' atmosphere
May 17, 2023 (SPX)
The atmosphere of Mars, which is mostly made of carbon dioxide (CO2), is relatively enriched in 'heavy' carbon (13C) with respect to Earth due to the preferenti...
A blancing act at Ubajara: Sol 3830
May 15, 2023 (JPL)
We are interested in documenting any changes as we drive up in elevation away from the distinctive Marker band, which may be indicative of changing depositional...
Sitting still but not idling at Ubajara: Sols 3827-3829
May 12, 2023 (JPL)
CheMin planned the first part of their analysis on Wednesday, and today, they added a second set of analysis, integrating over the drilled "Ubajara" sample. SAM...
These sounds are out of this world! #ASA184
May 12, 2023 (SPX)
Timothy G. Leighton from the University of Southampton in the U.K. designed a software program that produces extraterrestrial environmental sounds and predicts ...
Perseverance images may show record of wild Martian river
May 12, 2023 (JPL)
New images taken by NASA's Perseverance rover may show signs of what was once a rollicking river on Mars, one that was deeper and faster-moving than scientists ...
These sounds are out of this world
May 12, 2023 (SPX)
Timothy G. Leighton from the University of Southampton in the U.K. designed a software program that produces extraterrestrial environmental sounds and predicts ...
These sounds are out of this world! #ASA184
May 12, 2023 (SPX)
Timothy G. Leighton from the University of Southampton in the U.K. designed a software program that produces extraterrestrial environmental sounds and predicts ...
Another beautiful hole on Mars: Sols 3825-3826
May 11, 2023 (JPL)
On the first sol of the plan, we begin with some imaging. We take a stereo mosaic of the target "Kukenan" to document the bedding of the local bedrock. We also ...
Chasms on the flanks of a Martian volcano
May 11, 2023 (ESA)
This image comprises observations from Mars Express' High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC). Ascraeus Mons is the northernmost and tallest of three prominent volc...
Element-ary, My Dear WATSON
May 11, 2023 (JPL)
SHERLOC is made up of a laser that zaps rocks, spectrometers that detect minerals and organic molecules by measuring laser-rock interactions, and a camera to ta...
Ubajara drill site gets green light: Sols 3823-3824
May 10, 2023 (JPL)
The preload test presses the rover arm down on the rock to get an idea of how the rock will react under the pressure of drilling. Today was an exciting planning...
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