An artist illustration of the InSight lander on Mars. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is designed to give…
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In this illustration, NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover uses its drill to core a rock sample on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech One of the prime objectives of…
Illustration of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the…
This image from ESA’s Mars Express shows part of a large fault system on Mars known as Tantalus Fossae. This image comprises data gathered by…
Unusual ridge networks on Mars may provide clues about the history of the Red Planet. Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS/Caltech Murray Lab/Esri Scientists have uncovered strange ridge networks…
Artistic rendering of NASA’s Perseverance rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Recently on MarsMars is the second smallest planet in our solar system and the fourth planet from…
This artist’s concept depicts astronauts and human habitats on Mars. Credit: NASA Photovoltaics may be more practical for long stays on MarsMars is the second…
Eyeing some of the components that enabled the Perseverance rover to get safely to the Martian surface could provide valuable insights for future missions. NASAEstablished…
This illustration depicts NASA’s Perseverance rover operating on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA We made it! Perseverance is at the delta, and showering us…
An image of a rock called “Ben Hee,” taken with the ChemCam instrument. It shows bedrock filled with dark nodules, which usually form in soft…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to shoot video of Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, eclipsing the Sun. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI The Mastcam-Z…
Animation of the Perseverance Rover driving on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech Collecting samples as it explores an ancient and now-dry river channel is but one goal the…
NASA Mars Helicopter Ingenuity illustration. Credit: NASA/JPL Ingenuity continued its journey towards the river delta at the beginning of this month with Flight 24. This…
Mars Perseverance Sol 374 – Front Right Hazard Avoidance Camera: The turret, halfway through sampling the second core from the rock Sid this March. During…
This image of a crater near 37 degrees south latitude on Mars was captured in the middle of winter in Mars’ Southern Hemisphere. Patchy sparkling…
The crater in the center of this HiRISE image defines where zero longitude is on Mars, like the Greenwich Observatory does for the Earth. Credit:…
This computer simulation shows NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover as it carried out its first drive using its auto-navigation feature, which allows it to avoid rocks…
To avoid patches of knife-edged rocks, the mission has taken an alternative path up Mount Sharp. NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…
This illustration depicts NASA’s Perseverance rover operating on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA A new study based on recordings made by the rover finds…
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover explores the Gale Crater. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Scientists will compare thermophysical properties from rover to orbital data and analog measurements…