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NASA Finds Wheel Tracks on Mars, That Purple Blotch Made Them
NASA Finds Wheel Tracks on Mars, That Purple Blotch Made Them

25 Jul 2022, 09:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's HiRISE orbital camera snatches photo of wheel tracks on Mars, they were put there by Chinese rover Zhurong in less than a year

 
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Is Taking a Break, Will Spin Its Blades Again in August
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Is Taking a Break, Will Spin Its Blades Again in August

15 Jul 2022, 16:34 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Since now it's winter on Mars, dust levels are higher. That means less sunlight reaches the solar panels of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter

 
Six-Wheeled Rover Sets the Stage on Mars for NASA’s Future Spacecraft
Six-Wheeled Rover Sets the Stage on Mars for NASA’s Future Spacecraft

12 Jul 2022, 20:54 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's Perseverance rover has been busy searching for the ideal landing spot for future spacecraft that will come to collect precious Martian samples

 
Perseverance Rover Scoops Up Precious Sample From the Martian River Delta
Perseverance Rover Scoops Up Precious Sample From the Martian River Delta

8 Jul 2022, 20:26 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's Perseverance rover has successfully collected its 9th sample. It's the first out of many expected to follow from the ancient river delta on Mars

 
NASA-Styled Starship Rendering Is Quite the View
NASA-Styled Starship Rendering Is Quite the View

6 Jul 2022, 15:14 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / "Humanity will reach Mars in your lifetime." (Elon Musk, July 6th, 2022). Except we already did. 2,398 weeks and one day have passed since then

 
This Large Slump Is Scarce Proof Stuff Still Happens on Mars
This Large Slump Is Scarce Proof Stuff Still Happens on Mars

3 Jul 2022, 01:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE camera in orbit around Mars detects a 0.4-mile long slump that formed over the course of a year, another proof Mars is in some ways very active

 
Martian Chaos Terrain Has an Inner Order, Because Nature Is Like That
Martian Chaos Terrain Has an Inner Order, Because Nature Is Like That

2 Jul 2022, 02:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image taken by the HiRISE camera earlier this year show chaos terrain in the Iani Chaos region of Mars, its study to teach us more about the planet's past

 
NASA's Curiosity Rover Reveals Clues About the Red Planet's Wet Past
NASA's Curiosity Rover Reveals Clues About the Red Planet's Wet Past

23 Jun 2022, 21:21 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / For the past few months, Curiosity has been climbing Mount Sharp, crossing between a clay-rich area and one filled with sulfate

 
NASA InSight to Die on the Job, Engulfed in Martian Quakes
NASA InSight to Die on the Job, Engulfed in Martian Quakes

23 Jun 2022, 09:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA decides on a new course of action for the dying InSight lander, risks an earlier demise in the hopes of detecting more quakes

 
Cybertruck Pulling Matching Trailer on Mars Is Something We’ll Have to Get Used To
Cybertruck Pulling Matching Trailer on Mars Is Something We’ll Have to Get Used To

23 Jun 2022, 09:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Rendering shows a Tesla Cybertruck and a matching trailer moving about on an imagined future Mars, when humans have made the planet their second home

 
This Unassuming Place on Mars Might Once Have Been a Beautiful Ocean Beach
This Unassuming Place on Mars Might Once Have Been a Beautiful Ocean Beach

20 Jun 2022, 14:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image captured by the HiRISE orbital camera shows an area on Mars that might once have been the shoreline of an ocean. You know, the ones with water in them

 
China Has the Great Wall on Earth, Chinese Zhurong Rover Has This Tiny Scarp on Mars
China Has the Great Wall on Earth, Chinese Zhurong Rover Has This Tiny Scarp on Mars

19 Jun 2022, 02:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A scarp feature in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars is interesting enough for scientist to hope the Chinese Zhurong rover will investigate

 
Honeycomb Martian Dunes Could Be a Clear Sign of... Water
Honeycomb Martian Dunes Could Be a Clear Sign of... Water

18 Jun 2022, 02:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE photo showing an undisclosed region of Mars reveals polygonal duna arrangements possibly on the bed of a former lake

 
Martian Surface Looks Infected With Something, Blame It on Melting Ice
Martian Surface Looks Infected With Something, Blame It on Melting Ice

13 Jun 2022, 11:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE image taken about a year ago shows mounds and pits in an area called Bamberg Crater in the Mare Acidalium quadrangle of Mars

 
Hibernation Pods Are the Holy Grail of Space Exploration, Here’s What ESA Has in Mind
Hibernation Pods Are the Holy Grail of Space Exploration, Here’s What ESA Has in Mind

12 Jun 2022, 04:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency is the first major such entity to openly talk about the need and advantages of hibernation is space exploration

 
Giant “Footprints” on Mars Look Like They Belong to an Alien Godzilla
Giant “Footprints” on Mars Look Like They Belong to an Alien Godzilla

12 Jun 2022, 02:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE photograph showing a portion of the Capen Crater, in the Terra Sabea region of the Mars, looks like a trio of footprints

 
Martian Lava Flows Look Like the Crash Site of Alien Spacecraft
Martian Lava Flows Look Like the Crash Site of Alien Spacecraft

11 Jun 2022, 02:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A HiRISE image of planet Mars shows two large cuts in the surface which to the untrained eye looks like the crash site of some spacecraft

 
This Unusual Crater on Mars Looks Like a Giant Human Eyeball
This Unusual Crater on Mars Looks Like a Giant Human Eyeball

10 Jun 2022, 19:13 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Sometimes spacecraft beam back incredible images of our dusty neighbor. Recently, the Mars Express took a photo of a crater that resembles a human eyeball

 
NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Loses Sense of Direction, Might Still Fly on Mars
NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Loses Sense of Direction, Might Still Fly on Mars

8 Jun 2022, 16:56 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / As the Martian winter is getting closer, Ingenuity is facing new challenges on Mars. NASA announced that one of the helicopter's navigation sensors is dead

 
Closeup of Martian Spiders Reveals They’re Not Actually That, Duh…
Closeup of Martian Spiders Reveals They’re Not Actually That, Duh…

8 Jun 2022, 16:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE camera in orbit around Mars captured this image of one of the so-called Martian spiders that dot the surface of the planet.