Mars

Curiosity’s Sundial Carries a Message of Hope

 A recent high-definition image from Curiosity's Mastcam shows the rover's sundial (NASA/JPL-Caltech) While Curiosity is definitely loaded up with some…

12 years ago

Mars Lander Wins Out for 2016 Mission Over Titan Boat and Comet Hopper

A new mission to Mars will launch in 2016, NASA announced on Monday, a lander named InSight that will probe…

12 years ago

Sweeping Panoramic Vista of Mount Sharp and Gale Crater from Curiosity

Image Caption: Panoramic Vista of Mount Sharp (at right) and Gale Crater from NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars. Curiosity will…

12 years ago

Curiosity Blasts 1st Mars Rock with Powerful Laser Zapper

Image Caption: PewPew !! - First Laser Zapped rock on Mars. This composite image, with magnified insets, depicts the first…

12 years ago

1st Laser Firing and 1st Motion Imminent for Curiosity

Image Caption: This self-portrait shows the deck of NASA's Curiosity rover from the rover's Navigation camera. The image is distorted…

12 years ago

Mohawk Guy Provides Update on Curiosity Rover

JPL's Bobak Ferdowsi -- famous for the star-spangled Mohawk hairdo he sported on Curiosity's landing night -- provides an update…

12 years ago

Spectacular ‘Sideways Glance’ of Mt. Sharp in Gale Crater

Yep, you really want to click on this link to see the full color version of this great oblique view…

12 years ago

Masten’s Xombie Tests a Mars EDL-type Trajectory

Could one of the next landings on Mars be led by a commercial company? Masten Space Systems vertical take-off and…

12 years ago

Scientists Find Clues of Plate Tectonics on Mars

Caption: Valles Marineris NASA World Wind Map Mars Credit: NASA Until now, Earth was thought to be the only planet…

12 years ago

Which Planet is This? A Gale Crater Doppelganger

The Badwater Basin region of California's Death Valley acquired by NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite (EO-1) on October 23, 2002. Alluvial…

12 years ago