NASA to Demo Inflatable Heat Shield Next Week, Orbit Mission This Fall
8 Jun 2022, 08:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The American Space Agency plans to inflate a new heat shield for spacecraft next week, and orbital test is scheduled for the fall
Curiosity Rover Finds Mysterious Spikes That Look Like Remnants of an Ancient Tree
6 Jun 2022, 14:15 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's Curiosity rover has recently spotted two mysterious spikes that looks like the remnants of an ancient tree on Mars
It Takes Almost Two of Our Years for Christmas to Come Around Over on Mars
5 Jun 2022, 02:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Because of its distance to the Sun and slower speed, it takes Mars no less than 687 of our days to complete a revolution around the star.
This Is How You Drive a Rover on Mars
4 Jun 2022, 02:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Video put together by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory a few years back shows how people here on Earth command rovers over on Mars
NASA's Perseverance Rover Spots Massive Wind-Lifted Dust Cloud on Mars
2 Jun 2022, 13:40 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The Perseverance rover has captured some intense dust acitivy in the Jezero Crater on Mars, spotting dust devils and even a massive wind-lifted dust cloud
NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Captures Its Fastest, Longest Flight on Mars
30 May 2022, 12:50 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / This is what NASA's little helicopter saw during its 25th flight on the Red Planet. During this flight, Ingenuity managed to fly further and faster than ever
This Is How Easy Landing on Mars Is. In Theory
29 May 2022, 02:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Older Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) video describes the thee ways a rover can be placed on the surface of Mars if one needs to
Every Now and Then, Mars Rovers Lose Touch With Earth. Here’s What Happens Then
28 May 2022, 02:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Short (and old) video explains how scientists here on Earth can keep directing the hardware on Mars during solar conjunctions
Blue and Purple Rocks Cluster Together on Mars, Colors Are a Trick
22 May 2022, 02:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image sent back by the HiRISE orbital camera circling Mars shows green and purple rocks, but that's not what they look in their natural state
13-Foot Boulders Line Up on the Rim of Eos Chasma, Ready to Start Racing for the Canyon
21 May 2022, 02:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE image of Mars shows a series of boulders lined up on the rim of Eos Chasma, ready to start racing for the canyon below as soon as conditions are right
NASA Has Ideas on How to Colonize the Moon and Mars, and They Just Became Official
18 May 2022, 10:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA released this week a 50-point draft set of ideas for the future of space exploration, with the Moon and Mars at the center of upcoming efforts
Is This a Map of Earth’s Continents on the Surface of Mars, Or What?
15 May 2022, 02:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image captured by the HiRISE camera from high-up in orbit around Mars seems to show a map of Earth's continents on the surface
Martian Spider-Like Features Look Like an Ancient Army Charging the Hills
14 May 2022, 02:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Countless araneiform (spider-like) structures on the surface of Mars come together to resemble an ancient army charging the hills before them
These Guys Are Next to Go to Mars, But Not the Way You Think
13 May 2022, 07:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA prepares to send the third crew inside the Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) here on Earth to simulate a trip to Mars
Biggest Quake Ever Detected on Another Planet Happened on May 4 on Mars
10 May 2022, 07:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) felt a magnitude 5 marsquake at the beginning of the month
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Faces New Challenges After Losing Contact With Perseverance
9 May 2022, 16:40 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Last week, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter lost contact with Perseverance. The two have re-established communication, but Ingenuity is facing new challenges
Dunes Arrange Themselves to Look Like Tank Tracks Over on Mars
8 May 2022, 01:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One more recent image captured by the HiRISE camera shows a small portion of the planet with features that look like tank tracks
LIFE Will Soon Expand to Space, And Possibly Even to Mars
7 May 2022, 02:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE) is a space and alien world habitat being developed by Sierra Nevada Corporation
Here’s a Colorful Potential Landing Place on Mars, And No, It’s Not Red
7 May 2022, 01:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image of Mars taken back in 2016 by the HiRISE camera shows a potential landing site for a future mission there to study the planet's history
Cracking the Mysteries of Martian Dust Avalanches That Reshape the Planet
6 May 2022, 21:07 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's Odyssey orbiter is providing a unique view of Mars, sending back images that reveal features that are not visible to the naked eye