MARS

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Out of the Shadows of the Maria Gordon notch: Sols 3328-3329
Dec 20, 2021 (JPL)
For MAHLI and APXS, we started trying to target one of the thin, gray vein features cutting across the bedrock directly in front of the rover. However, their sm...
Locked in stone: Research may answer the question of Mars' missing water
Dec 17, 2021 (SPX)
All told, the geological evidence adds up to an ocean's worth of water, noted Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies Professor David Jenkins. But today, ...
NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries
Dec 17, 2021 (JPL)
The team has also concluded that rocks in the crater have interacted with water multiple times over the eons and that some contain organic molecules. These and ...
ExoMars discovers hidden water in Mars' Grand Canyon
Dec 17, 2021 (ESA)
The water, which is hidden beneath Mars' surface, was found by the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)'s FREND instrument, which is mapping the hydrogen - a measure of wate...
To Seitah and Back
Dec 17, 2021 (JPL)
Though we have only been operating Perseverance since landing 9 months ago, we have been planning for the mission for far longer. Our planning started in the su...
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches a Total of 30 Minutes Aloft
Dec 17, 2021 (JPL)
Along with accumulating 30 minutes and 48 seconds of flight time, the trailblazing helicopter has traveled over the surface a distance of 2.2 miles (3,592 meter...
Double drop test success for ExoMars parachutes
Dec 15, 2021 (ESA)
A pair of high-altitude drop tests took place in Oregon on 21 November and 3 December as part of the ongoing parachute testing to ensure the safe delivery of th...
Sols 3326-3327: Backing away from the cliff
Dec 15, 2021 (JPL)
MSL is parked near the base of the cliff to the west, and the science team is interested in investigating the bedrock in this area. Unfortunately, none of the b...
NASA begins testing robotics to bring first samples back from Mars
Dec 15, 2021 (JPL)
Out of Perseverance's 43 sample tubes, four have been filled with rock cores and one with Martian atmosphere. Mars Sample Return seeks to bring select tubes bac...
Mars helicopter Ingenuity ready to fly again as radio link is restored
Dec 15, 2021 (UPI)
NASA had lost radio contact -- except for very brief transmissions -- after Ingenuity's Flight 17 on Dec. 5. Hills between the helicopter and the Perseverance r...
Scientists envision what Mars would look like as an exoplanet
Dec 15, 2021 (SPX)
An international multi-disciplinary team of modelers, observational scientists and theoreticians from three science disciplines-space physics, planetary science...
NASA's eventual farewell to tiny Mars helicopter could be emotional
Dec 10, 2021 (UPI)
While the end of any space mission can be emotional simply because of a sudden change in routines and departure of colleagues, Ingenuity is unique, as it has op...
Sol 3320: Flexibility is Key
Dec 10, 2021 (JPL)
However, despite the beautiful views, today was a sobering lesson in the complexities of planning and executing martian surface science investigations. On some ...
Mars helicopter to sit dormant until radio contact restored
Dec 10, 2021 (UPI)
Until then, the tiny helicopter that has captured the imagination and attention of people around the globe will sit quietly, charging its solar-powered batterie...
Lower atmospheric processes are crucial to understanding Martian water loss
Dec 10, 2021 (SPX)
According to standard models, water molecules, broken apart by sunlight in the lower Martian atmosphere, form free hydrogen, which further dissipates into the u...
Mars helicopter flies again; encounters radio interference on 17th flight
Dec 09, 2021 (JPL)
All available telemetry during and after the flight suggests that the activity was a success and that the loss of link was due to a challenging radio configurat...
Sol 3319: Shoot the Gap
Dec 08, 2021 (JPL)
DAN is planning a mini-campaign to study the composition of the cliff face and we began preparing for that today with two DAN "active"sequences (when DAN genera...
NASA Mars helicopter Ingenuity sets altitude record on 35th flight
Dec 07, 2021 (UPI)
The 4-pound chopper's previous record was 39 feet, according to NASA's Ingenuity flight log. The helicopter was deployed from NASA's Perseverance rover that lan...
Rover escapes from sand trap
Dec 03, 2021 (ESA)
The rover initially has its front two wheels almost completely buried in sand, but easily escapes using its unique wheel-walking mode. It takes about 20 minutes...
Ingenuity heading north into Seitah for Flight 17
Dec 03, 2021 (JPL)
Flight 17 is approximately half of Flight 9 in reverse, which was one of the most challenging flights for Ingenuity to date. The crossing of the "Seitah" region...
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