MARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

Jun 23, 2023 (JPL)

If we could put on a spacesuit and walk around there, we would have to carefully test every step before we put weight on the foot. This is because large rocks a...

MAVEN stuns with ultraviolet views of Mars

Jun 23, 2023 (SPX)

MAVEN's Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) instrument obtained these global views of Mars in 2022 and 2023 when the planet was near opposite ends of its el...

Touch and Go: Sol 3865

Jun 22, 2023 (JPL)

Previously, Curiosity drove ~38 m, a little short of where we intended to be, so we weren't too sure about the stability of the rocks we were perched on. Due to...

Persevering across the upper fan in search of record-keeping rocks

Jun 22, 2023 (SPX)

The team set sights on a neighboring outcrop called Stone Man Pass, about 40 meters away, to search for a less crumbly conglomerate that could stand up to the c...

Welcome to Kalavryta: Sols 3866-3867

Jun 21, 2023 (JPL)

For starters, in order to better synchronize with Curiosity's workday, our shifts started later than usual in order to permit requisite data from the previous p...

Rover on the home stretch to the Martian moon Phobos

Jun 21, 2023 (SPX)

"We are very excited to collaborate with CNES and DLR as part of the MMX mission, which endeavours to clarify the origin of the martian moons and the evolutiona...

Continuing along the alternate route: Sols 3861-3864

Jun 21, 2023 (JPL)

I really hope we continue to have successful drives because we planned a ~50 meter drive today! This drive will continue to take us east, towards a slightly les...

It easier ever view Mars landscapes in high resolution

Jun 15, 2023 (SPX)

"Now anyone on the planet with a smart phone can search, use, and marvel at these data," said Jay Laura, lead of the team at USGS's Astrogeology Science Center ...

A Geologist in a Rock Shop: Sols 3859-3860

Jun 14, 2023 (JPL)

On the first sol of the plan, Mastcam will document "Pisori," a large fractured rock, to get a closer look at the fresher surfaces. Additionally, Mastcam will c...

Up and Over - Curiosity Is Heading East: Sol 3857

Jun 14, 2023 (JPL)

During science operations I served as the "Keeper Of the Plan," or KOP, for the geology (GEO) theme group. The GEO KOP uses a science activity planner software ...

Curiosity captures Morning and Afternoon on Mars

Jun 14, 2023 (JPL)

The postcard is an artistic interpretation of the landscape, with color added over two black-and-white panoramas captured by Curiosity's navigation cameras. The...

Artificial photosynthesis for real oxygen

Jun 12, 2023 (ESA)

Devices are currently being developed that mimic the process of photosynthesis in plants to turn sunlight and water into oxygen. A study by the University of Wa...

How NASA gives a name to every spot it studies on Mars

Jun 09, 2023 (JPL)

Both names are among thousands applied by NASA missions not just to craters and hills, but also to every boulder, pebble, and rock surface they study. "The No. ...

Science and sampling attempts at the Onahu Outcrop

Jun 09, 2023 (SPX)

We've been exploring the Onahu outcrop for the past 3 weeks, having previously performed an abrasion named Ouzel Falls. We saw from this abrasion that the rock ...

Time To Try a New Route: Sols 3853-3856

Jun 09, 2023 (JPL)

After multiple attempts to get uphill but making only incremental progress, the team decided today to try a new route. The new route looks a lot less steep, whi...

First Mars livestream: the movie

Jun 08, 2023 (ESA)

This gif is made up of all the images that came down during that hour, roughly 50 seconds apart from each other, beamed directly from the Visual Monitoring Came...

Slippery Science: Sols 3851-3852

Jun 06, 2023 (JPL)

One happy surprise after such an outcome was the ability to use our arm, unlike last Friday. The APXS and MAHLI teams quickly decided to target a spot on the la...

20 years of Mars Express: Mars as never seen before

Jun 02, 2023 (ESA)

Such large-scale images are typically obtained to observe weather patterns on Mars - but even in the absence of atmospheric phenomena they offer wonderful views...

Mars in colour as never seen before

Jun 02, 2023 (SPX)

A Fregat upper stage delivered the mission on a transfer orbit to Mars, which the spacecraft reached on 25 December of the same year. The High Resolution Stereo...

Mars Express by the numbers

Jun 02, 2023 (SPX)

Equipped with an advanced suite of eight instruments, Mars Express was designed to scrutinize Mars from its surface to its atmosphere. It was initially projecte...