Mars
Test-Bed Rover is Now Stuck — Which is a Good Thing!
[/caption] Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have intentionally driven their engineering rover into soft soil in a sandbox testbed,…
Mars Will NOT Look as Big as the Full Moon, But You Can Watch it Get Closer
[/caption] For criminy's sake, I just got one of those "Mars as big as the full Moon in August" emails.…
Landforms Indicate “Recent” Warm Weather on Mars
[/caption] Remember the polygon-shaped landforms at Mars north polar region that the Phoenix lander studied? The polygons are produced by…
Spirit Rover Begins Making Night Sky Observations
[/caption] When your rover has abundant energy but can't go anywhere, what's a scientist to do? How about making observations…
Rover Update With Video
[/caption] Here's a rover update: Spirit remains stuck in her location on the west side of Home Plate, and work…
Lightning Detected on Mars
[/caption] The first direct evidence of lightning has been detected on Mars. Researchers from the University of Michigan found signs…
Looking for (Former) Lakeshore Property? HiRISE Finds It on Mars
[/caption] If you're in the market for some remote lakeshore property where you can get away from it all, this…
Mars Rover’s Underbelly Panorama
[/caption] The Spirit rover has now taken two sets of close-up images showing the ground where it has been stuck…
Dear JPL: I Have an Idea on How to Rescue the Spirit Rover
[/caption] We're all concerned about the Spirit rover, currently stuck in some soft soil on Mars. But some people are…
Fly Over the Potential Landing Sites For Next Mars Rover (Video)
Hang on and take a bird's eye look at the four different proposed landing sites for the Mars Science Lab!…