Mars
Mars Reconnissance Orbiter Goes Into Safe Mode Again
[/caption] NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter put itself into a safe mode Wednesday morning, Aug. 26, for the fourth time this…
Mars Kicking Spirit When She’s Down
[/caption] The Spirit rover has been stuck in loose soil on Mars for several months now, and just as the…
2000 Sols on Mars
[/caption] Another milestone for the Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit has been operating on Mars for 2000 sols, or Martian days.…
HiRISE Highlights: Crater Within a Crater, Awesome View of Victoria and More
[/caption] I was just thinking it had been awhile since we featured images from the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars…
Watching Science in Action on Mars
[/caption] One of the great things about the Mars Exploration Rovers is that we get to see these scrappy little…
Spirit’s Psychedelic Visions
[/caption] The Spirit rover has had memory problems, arthritic-like symptoms in her wheels, as well as her current dilemma of…
Crew Emerges from Simulated Mars Mission
[/caption] Six crewmembers emerged from 105 days of isolation on Tuesday, completing a simulated Mars mission. This experiment was the…
Help Find the Mars Polar Lander!
[/caption] The Mars Polar Lander was supposed to be a mission to the Red Planet's south polar region to study…
Going to Mars Together
[/caption] From the "this makes complete sense" department: NASA and ESA have established an initiative to make future explorations of…
Perchlorates and Water Make for Potential Habitable Environment on Mars
[/caption] Scientists say that the Arctic region studied by Phoenix lander may be a favorable environment for microbes. Just-right chemistry…