MARSDAILY - SKY NIGHTLY

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...

Sols 4066-4070: Cracking Up

Jan 17, 2024 (JPL)

As well as the polygonal fractures, there are more continuous linear veins. The relationship between the polygonal and linear fractures can also help to inform ...

Water may have flowed through Martian Valleys countless times

Jan 16, 2024 (SPX)

"Mars today is a global desert, but its surface preserves extensive evidence of past flowing water, including what appear to be river valleys. The timescale ove...

IDEFIX Rover Set to Embark on Pioneering Journey to Martian Moon Phobos

Jan 16, 2024 (SPX)

The IDEFIX rover, a collaborative mission between the German space agency DLR and the French space agency CNES, has embarked on its journey to Japan, with its i...

NASA's CHAPEA mission reaches 200-Day milestone in Mars Analog Study

Jan 12, 2024 (SPX)

This crew, which embarked on their journey on June 25, 2023, has been living and working in a 1,700-square-foot habitat that simulates the conditions of a Mars ...

Potential solvents identified for building on Moon and Mars

Jan 12, 2024 (SPX)

Using machine learning and computational modeling, Washington State University researchers have found about half a dozen good candidates for solvents that can e...

HERA Mission: NASA's 45-Day Mars Simulation to Study Human Responses

Jan 11, 2024 (SPX)

HERA, a ground-based facility, is a key component in NASA's preparation for human missions to Mars. It offers a unique environment to study the psychological, p...

Ready for Contact Science: Sols 4062-4063

Jan 10, 2024 (JPL)

Up next, we have our morning science block with ChemCam observations of "Chagoopa," target "Painted Lady" (an outcrop of fractured bedrock with an interesting p...

Sols 4059-4061: New Year, Old Challenges

Jan 08, 2024 (JPL)

With limited images on the system, everything gets slower. As the GeoSTL, it is on me to watch out for the timing and what colleagues from the instrument teams ...

Sols 4056-4058 Blog: Ringing in a New Year

Jan 04, 2024 (JPL)

While the planned drive at the end of the holiday plan came up a little bit short, the operations team received word as we were finalizing the plan's activities...

Sols 4045-4055: This Plan is STUFFED

Dec 31, 2023 (JPL)

Sols 4045-4048 are our aperitf, an opening sip of regular REMS and RAD measurements across the Martian day and night. On Sol 4049 we enjoy appetizers both atmos...

NASA's Curiosity Rover Captures a Martian Day, From Dawn to Dusk

Dec 29, 2023 (JPL)

Instructions to record the videos were part of the last set of commands beamed up to Curiosity just before the start of Mars solar conjunction, a period when th...

Still hanging in there: Sols 4043-4044:

Dec 26, 2023 (JPL)

As the ENV theme lead, that doesn't change my plans very much - all of our science is remote! On the geo side, a bit more thought was needed as to what would re...

Zhurong Rover Unveils Ancient Polygonal Terrain Under Mars' Utopia Planitia

Dec 21, 2023 (SPX)

The Utopia Planitia, a vast impact basin on Mars, has long intrigued scientists due to its unique geological features and potential for past water activity. Zhu...

Recent volcanism on Mars reveals a planet more active than previously thought

Dec 21, 2023 (SPX)

Lacking plate tectonics - shifting chunks of crust that constantly reshape Earth's surface - Mars has long been thought to be a geologically "dead" planet where...

Sussex research takes us a step closer to sustaining human life on Mars

Dec 21, 2023 (SPX)

Using resources and techniques currently applied on the International Space Station and by NASA, Dr Conor Boland, a Lecturer in Materials Physics at the Univers...

Rocker-Bogie Around the Marsmas Sea: Sols 4041-4042

Dec 21, 2023 (JPL)

You can see why, too, with all the thick and pointy rocks everywhere. But don't worry, our rocker-bogie wheel suspension system allows us to pop wheelies withou...

A Soliday Before the Holidays Sols 4039-4040

Dec 18, 2023 (JPL)

On top of that, we came into planning with slightly less power than we were expecting, meaning that we had less flexibility about how much additional time we co...

Watch Your Step: Sols 4037-4038

Dec 15, 2023 (JPL)

Slippery conditions make for more challenging commutes, not only on the roads but by foot as well. Many a bare hand has found itself placed in cold snow in an e...

NASA's Perseverance Rover Deciphers Ancient History of Martian Lake

Dec 13, 2023 (JPL)

Marking its 1,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, NASA's Perseverance rover recently completed its exploration of the ancient river delta that holds evidence o...