See a postcard from Mars taken by the Curiosity rover
The image combines two different views of the same area and is colorized to show off the undulating martian landscape in a region called the Marker Band Valley......»»
What Mars would look like from an orbiting space station
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter snapped unprecedented horizon images of the Red Planet, capturing clouds as well as a moon, Phobos. Imagine being in the International Space Station and looking at the world below — except instead of gazing dow.....»»
Mapping Mars: Deep learning could help identify Jezero Crater landing site
Preparations for a safe landing on Earth, such as finding the most even terrain and equipping the appropriate landing gear, are also crucial for Mars missions......»»
Mars Odyssey spacecraft pulls a sideways maneuver to capture the planet’s horizon
A new image from a NASA orbiter shows an unusual view of Mars, capturing the planet's horizon complete with clouds......»»
Could life exist in molecular clouds?
Our search for life beyond Earth is still in its infancy. We're focused on Mars and, to a lesser extent, ocean moons like Jupiter's Europa and Saturn's Enceladus. Should we extend our search to cover more unlikely places like molecular clouds?.....»»
Zhurong rover detects mysterious polygons beneath the surface of Mars
China's Zhurong rover was equipped with a ground-penetrating radar system, allowing it to peer beneath Mars's surface. Researchers have announced new results from the scans of Zhurong's landing site in Utopia Planitia, saying they identified irregula.....»»
A tiny quadcopter could gather rocks for China"s sample return mission
Space exploration is always changing. Before February 2021 there had never been a human made craft flying around in the atmosphere of another world (other than rocket propelled landers arriving or departing). The Mars Perseverance rover changed that,.....»»
NASA feels a "sense of urgency" to get to Mars: Idaho scientists could help us get there
China has repeatedly stunned the U.S. intelligence community in the last five years with rapid progress in its space exploration program, landing a rover on the far side of the moon and completing its very own space station orbiting Earth......»»
NASA engineers testing successor to Ingenuity helicopter rotors
NASA is investigating the possibility of more helicopters for future Mars missions, and recently shared a peek at its testing of new Mars helicopter hardware......»»
NASA uses two worlds to test future Mars helicopter designs
For the first time in history, two planets have been home to testing future aircraft designs. In this world, a new rotor that could be used with next-generation Mars helicopters was recently tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern Cali.....»»
NASA will launch a Mars mission on Blue Origin’s first New Glenn rocket
This Mars mission is relatively modest in cost, so NASA thinks it's worth the risk. Enlarge / Artist's illustration of a New Glenn rocket on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. (credit: Blue Origin) The first flig.....»»
A City on Mars: Reality kills space settlement dreams
Let’s not send a few thousand people to Mars as a big experiment in survival. Enlarge (credit: Penguin Random House) Let me start with the TLDR for A City on Mars. It is, essentially, 400 pages of "well, actually…,".....»»
Australians vote on name for home-made moon rover
Australians began voting Monday on a name for the country's first home-made moon rover, with a shortlist including "Mateship", "Roo-ver" and "Kakirra"—an Indigenous word for the Earth's satellite......»»
SpaceX poised for second launch of mega Starship rocket
SpaceX is poised Saturday for the second test launch of Starship, the largest rocket ever built that Elon Musk hopes will one day colonize Mars, while NASA awaits a modified version to land humans on the moon......»»
A novel system for slip prevention in unmanned rovers
Given the hostile conditions of extraterrestrial environments, unmanned rovers play a critical role in the exploration of planets and moons. NASA's Mars and lunar exploration rovers have significantly contributed to our understanding of these extrate.....»»
NASA pauses Mars Sample Return mission due to ongoing budget issues
NASA’s iconic mission to bring back samples of Martian soil and rocks has gone awry. The space agency shared that the Mars Sample Return mission … The post NASA pauses Mars Sample Return mission due to ongoing budget issues appeared first on.....»»
ESA is testing a modular multipurpose rover that could be a science lab or a tiny bulldozer
Most rovers have been built for Mars, and each one of them is a complex machine designed with specific goals and terrains in mind. But the moon is different than Mars. We're not searching for life there; we're trying to establish a presence......»»
Is some of the body that collided with Earth to form the moon still recognizable inside our planet?
Scientists have dated the birth of the solar system to about 4.57 billion years ago. About 60 million years later a "giant impact" collision between the infant Earth and a Mars-sized body called Theia created the moon......»»
NASA stops speaking to its Mars robots, but they haven’t fallen out
A celestial event happening right now could corrupt commands sent from Earth to NASA's Mars rovers so the team is taking a break until the situation normalizes......»»
Heybike Mars 2.0 e-bike review: a foldable with a pegboard rack that lacks some features
At first, we had trouble distinguishing the Heybike Mars 2.0 from the Ranger S, but this comparable option has plenty of give and take in its foldable frame.Heybike Mars 2.0Heybike asked us to review the refreshed Mars 2.0 shortly after reviewing the.....»»
NASA"s Mars fleet will still conduct science while lying low
NASA will hold off sending commands to its Mars fleet for two weeks, from Nov. 11 to 25, while Earth and the Red Planet are on opposite sides of the sun. Called Mars solar conjunction, this phenomenon happens every two years. The missions pause becau.....»»