MARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

Feb 13, 2023 (JPL)

We start out sol 3742 with some Navcam atmospheric observations followed by some ChemCam laser observations of Itu, which we used the robotic arm on over the we...

The first in the universe, but what's next

Feb 13, 2023 (JPL)

The excitement when planning the final drop, from those that have been waiting over 10 years for this moment to those who have joined the mission in recent year...

Preparing to drill Dinira: Sols 3737-3738

Feb 13, 2023 (JPL)

With the post-drive images from Monday's plan received, the team focused early discussions on where in the workspace would be a suitable drill area, if any. Of ...

Cloud gazing while we get ready to drill: Sols 3739-3741

Feb 13, 2023 (JPL)

We're going to get composition and fine scale texture on a flat area near Dinira by using the DRT, APXS, and MAHLI on a target we've named "Yakarinta." We'll al...

NASA's ESCAPADE mission headed to Mars in 2024 on Blue Origin's New Glenn

Feb 10, 2023 (SPX)

Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, thus far, has only conducted suborbital flights using its New Shepard rocket, known for sending celebrities and space touris...

NASA awards Mars mission launch to Blue Origin

Feb 10, 2023 (UPI)

The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers mission, known as ESCAPADE, is planned to launch in late 2024 on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket. Blue ...

NASA's Curiosity finds surprise clues to Mars' watery past

Feb 09, 2023 (JPL)

So Curiosity's team was surprised to discover the mission's clearest evidence yet of ancient water ripples that formed within lakes. Billions of years ago, wave...

Spanish lagoon used to better understand wet-to-dry transition of Mars

Feb 09, 2023 (SPX)

Alberto Fairen, visiting scientist of astronomy at Cornell University, led an investigation in the extremely salty Tirez lagoon in central Spain, which had expe...

Mars rover finds rippled rocks caused by waves: NASA

Feb 08, 2023 (AFP)

"This is the best evidence of water and waves that we've seen in the entire mission," said Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity's project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsi...

Searching for a Drill Site Near Encanto: Sols 3735-3736

Feb 06, 2023 (JPL)

When evaluating the rocks in the area for the best possible drill site, the team focused on identifying large, flat, thick blocks that didn't fracture or move w...

Enchanting Encanto Calls: Sols 3732-3734

Feb 05, 2023 (JPL)

I took on a new role as Engineering Uplink Lead (EUL), managing the engineering activities in the plan, such as data management and heating. We had a lot of stu...

Mars Helicopter at Three Forks

Feb 04, 2023 (JPL)

The Mars Helicopter Ingenuity is a technology demonstration project developed by NASA to test the viability of powered flight on another planet. The helicopter ...

Curiosity Roundup Sols 3725-3731

Feb 03, 2023 (JPL)

These are all questions we are trying to address as we continue to traverse the Marker band, which is why we drove to our current workspace. However, when we lo...

Cloudy Sols Are Here Again

Feb 03, 2023 (JPL)

Studying clouds helps us to understand the atmosphere and how the water cycle works on Mars today, such as how water vapor is transported by the atmospheric cir...

Long-delayed ExoMars mission still dreams of 2028 launch

Feb 03, 2023 (AFP)

But the European Space Agency still hopes the mission can launch in 2028 on its long-delayed quest to search for extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet. This t...

Researchers complete first real-world study of Martian helicopter dust dynamics

Feb 01, 2023 (SPX)

The work, reported in the December 2022 issue of Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, could support NASA's Mars Sample Return Program, which will retrieve ...

The faults and valleys of a Martian volcanic highland plateau

Feb 01, 2023 (DLR)

Thaumasia Planum is a large volcanic highland plateau south of the deep canyons Melas and Coprates Chasma - two tectonic fault structures that are part of the v...

Making the Most of Limited Data: Sols 3278-3279

Feb 01, 2023 (JPL)

The lack of complete, full-resolution Navcam coverage made it more challenging than usual to select and accurately point at targets of interest. I focused on pl...

Perseverance completes Mars Sample Depot

Jan 31, 2023 (JPL)

This major milestone involved precision planning and navigation to ensure the tubes could be safely recovered in the future by the NASA-ESA (European Space Agen...

Is there life on Mars? Maybe, and it could have dropped its teddy

Jan 31, 2023 (AFP)

The beaming face of a cute-looking teddy bear appears to have been carved into the surface of our nearest planetary neighbor, waiting for a passing satellite to...