This striking view of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it performed a close pass of…
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This animation shows the data collected on a Mars 2020 sample tube using a computerized tomography (CT) scanner. Engineers working on the sample tubes used…
JPL engineers monitor testing of the Perseverance rover’s Sample Caching System in this video clip. For the full video, see below. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Two astronauts…
After nearly 300 million miles (470 million km), NASA’s Perseverance rover completes its journey to Mars on February 18, 2021. But, to reach the surface…
During this next phase, the program will mature critical technologies and make critical design decisions as well as assess industry partnerships. NASA and ESA (European…
Researcher Rachel Slank works with the university’s Mars chamber. Credit: Whit Pruitt, University of Arkansas Researchers considered more variables and took global weather patterns into…
This illustration shows NASA’s InSight spacecraft with its instruments deployed on the Martian surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Scientists are finding new mysteries since the geophysics mission…
Our planetary neighbors are getting into the holiday spirit with this pair of festive silhouettes spotted by ESA’s Mars Express. The defined wings of an…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is “festooned” with a variety of objects that serve both decorative and functional purposes, from commemorative placards to a slice of…
A vertically exaggerated, false-color view of a large, water-carved channel on Mars called Dao Vallis. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. 3D rendered and…
An electrolysis system that doesn’t need pure water may change the game when it comes to exploration. When it comes to water and Mars, there’s…
This artist’s concept depicts astronauts and human habitats on Mars. NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will carry a number of technologies that could make Mars safer…
Analysis of an ancient meteorite from Mars suggests that the mineral zircon may be abundant on the surface of the red planet. By determining the…
Oblique view of Gale Crater, Mars, with vertical exaggeration. The image combines elevation data from the High Resolution Stereo Camera on the European Space Agency’s…
This graph shows how the amount of water in the atmosphere of Mars varies depending on the season. During global and regional dust storms, which…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed “Mary Anning” after a 19th century English paleontologist. Curiosity snagged three samples of drilled…
This artist’s concept depicts the early Martian environment (right) – believed to contain liquid water and a thicker atmosphere – versus the cold, dry environment…
This illustration shows a concept of how the NASA Mars Ascent Vehicle, carrying tubes containing rock and soil samples, could be launched from the surface…
The parachute for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is tested in a wind tunnel at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Credit:…
Artist’s impression of ESA’s Earth Return Orbiter. Credit: ESA/ATG Medialab An ambitious campaign by NASA and ESA to collect samples from the Red Planet and…