MARSDAILY - SKY NIGHTLY

Feb 06, 2024 (JPL)

The team ultimately decided to drive away so we could take full advantage of the rare, flat-ish terrain here allowing us to image all the rover wheels with MAHL...

NASA is looking for commercial Mars missions. Do people still want to go to Mars?

Feb 06, 2024 (SPX)

Since the 1960s, Mars has been a popular destination for space missions. Now, for the first time, NASA has invited the private sector to submit proposals on com...

A Drive With a View: Sols 4084-4085

Feb 02, 2024 (JPL)

Today I served as the Geology Keeper of the Plan where I recorded all the details of the science activities that were proposed by science and instrument team me...

Bright Rocks on the Horizon: An Exciting Glimpse of Uncharted Territory

Feb 02, 2024 (JPL)

The science team has been working around the clock to understand the origin, composition and alteration history of massive, dark-toned rocks in the Margin Unit....

As Ingenuity's mission ends a news era in flight on other planets and moons begins

Feb 01, 2024 (SPX)

The little (1.8kg) helicopter touched down with the Perseverance rover in 2021. On 25 January, Nasa announced that the flying vehicle had to perform an emergenc...

A New Perspective Sols 4082-4083

Jan 31, 2024 (JPL)

We're taking full advantage of the new view that our location affords us with a lot of contact science on the first sol. We'll use the dust removal tool on both...

After Three Years on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends

Jan 29, 2024 (JPL)

Originally designed as a technology demonstration to perform up to five experimental test flights over 30 days, the first aircraft on another world operated fro...

Confirmation of ancient lake on Mars builds excitement for Perseverance rover's samples

Jan 29, 2024 (SPX)

In new research published in the journal Science Advances, a team led by UCLA and The University of Oslo shows that at some point, the crater filled with water,...

NASA helicopter's mission ends after three years on Mars

Jan 26, 2024 (AFP)

The tissue-box sized aircraft, which hitched a ride to the Red Planet under the belly of the Perseverance rover, first lifted off the surface on April 19, 2021....

New Year, New images from Perseverance on Mars

Jan 26, 2024 (JPL)

We then drove south-east, parallel to a ridge that shows apparent layering, and imaged targets including Burnt Island and Lily Bay. It was then time to wrap up ...

Polka Dots and Sunbeams: Sol 4078

Jan 26, 2024 (JPL)

ChemCam will target one of these features, "Tehipite Dome," while MAHLI and APXS will target a different feature on the same block, "Sierra Columbine," after DR...

Study predicts best times for 'Curiosity' to sample Mars' methane

Jan 25, 2024 (SPX)

These emissions, possibly produced by subsurface microbes, could provide vital evidence of life on Mars. However, sampling strains Curiosity's limited resources...

Sols 4076-4077: Driving Into Springtime

Jan 24, 2024 (JPL)

Mars is also rapidly approaching perihelion, or its closest distance from the Sun. At this time of year, daily maximum temperatures typically hover just below f...

A Fractured Filled Plan: Sols 4073-4075

Jan 21, 2024 (JPL)

First we will focus on the large block at the front of the workspace. APXS will examine the brushed bedrock target "Mount Langley," an area without any obvious ...

Ingenious Flying Robot Phones Home From Mars

Jan 21, 2024 (AFP)

Ingenuity, a drone about 1.6 feet (0.5 meters) tall, arrived on Mars in 2021 aboard the rover Perseverance and became the first motorized craft to fly autonomou...

Ingenious Flying Robot Phones Home From Mars

Jan 21, 2024 (AFP)

Ingenuity, a drone about 1.6 feet (0.5 meters) tall, arrived on Mars in 2021 aboard the rover Perseverance and became the first motorized craft to fly autonomou...

NASA loses contact with its mini-helicopter on Mars

Jan 20, 2024 (AFP)

The agency's engineers are attempting to re-establish communications, which ended abruptly on Thursday as the craft was making its descent from a test flight, N...

Buried water ice at the Martian equator

Jan 19, 2024 (ESA)

Over 15 years ago, Mars Express studied the Medusae Fossae Formation (MFF), revealing massive deposits up to 2.5 km deep. From these early observations, it was ...

So Many Textures, So Little Time: Sols 4070-4072

Jan 18, 2024 (JPL)

After a few hours of napping, Curiosity will be ready to get her arm exercise in. There are two types of blocks in the workspace - one which looks smooth and th...

How NASA's Twin Rovers Changed Mars Science

Jan 18, 2024 (JPL)

Their findings would rewrite science textbooks, including Opportunity's discovery soon after landing of the famous "blueberries" - spherical pebbles of the mine...