MARSDAILY - SKY NIGHTLY

A Rinse and Repeat Kind of Plan: Sols 4035-4036

Dec 13, 2023 (JPL)

Luckily, this issue was one that the rover planners (RPs) were able to understand quite quickly. We planned to recover these activities which made planning rela...

MAVEN observes the disappearing solar wind

Dec 12, 2023 (SPX)

Due to this event, MAVEN's measurements at Mars showed that the number of particles making up the solar wind dropped significantly. Without the pressure of the ...

How Rocks Say Don't Touch: Sols 4032-4034

Dec 11, 2023 (JPL)

There is a lot of sand around, which occasionally gives the rover planners and the APXS team a headache, as they are trying to avoid it when placing the APXS. W...

On The Road Again: Sols 4030-4031

Dec 08, 2023 (JPL)

Previously, we drove ~5 m and today's planning involved picking the most interesting rocks in the new workspace to target with Curiosity's instruments. We begin...

Mapping Mars: Deep Learning Could Help Identify Jezero Crater Landing Site

Dec 06, 2023 (SPX)

Thus, landing a rover on Mars requires careful mapping and planning well before a rover's descent begins. Scientists are working to create accurate 3D surface m...

Should I Stay or Should I Go Now: Sols 4028-4029

Dec 06, 2023 (JPL)

However, the team is used to responding to such situations, and the first order of business was to decide whether we should stay or go. One of the activities th...

MAHLI Marathon: Sols 4025-4027

Dec 05, 2023 (JPL)

APXS has a second measurement of the "Sequoia" drill tailings, offset slightly from the first tailings measurement made on Sol 4024. The plan also includes many...

Was There Life on Mars

Nov 30, 2023 (JPL)

With space-based telescopes like James Webb, astronomers look up for planetary-scale chemical signs of life on exoplanets; with ground-based radio astronomy, as...

Farewell, Solar Conjunction 2023: Sols 4023-4024

Nov 30, 2023 (JPL)

During that time, Curiosity followed a long plan of instructions covering Sols 4004-4022 which were uploaded to the rover during the week of October 30. The ear...

NASA Orbiter snaps stunning views of Mars horizon

Nov 29, 2023 (JPL)

The spacecraft captured a series of panoramic images that showcases the curving Martian landscape below gauzy layers of clouds and dust. Stitched end to end, th...

Perseverance's Parking Spot

Nov 27, 2023 (JPL)

While all returned images and data are exciting, these post-drive images showed an interesting rock that stood out to the Mastcam-Z (ZCAM) team. Pictured above,...

China's Mars rover detects irregular wedges beneath red planet

Nov 27, 2023 (XNA)

A collaborative team led by the researchers from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified from the radar data th...

NASA uses two worlds to test future Mars helicopter designs

Nov 24, 2023 (JPL)

"Our next-generation Mars helicopter testing has literally had the best of both worlds," said Teddy Tzanetos, Ingenuity's project manager and manager for the Ma...

California lawmakers ask NASA not to cut Mars budget

Nov 23, 2023 (UPI)

In a letter to NASA, California's Democratic Sens. Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler; Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Judy Chu and Republican Reps. Mike Garcia ...

Spacecraft fall silent as Mars disappears behind the Sun

Nov 20, 2023 (ESA)

Solar conjunction for Mars occurs roughly once every 25 months. During conjunction, Mars is located on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth. Around the time ...

InSight seismic data reveals a molten layer at the base of the Martian mantle

Nov 16, 2023 (SPX)

By studying the propagation times of waves generated by this impact, an international team led by Henri Samuel, CNRS researcher at the Institut de Pysique duGlo...

The Long Wait

Nov 15, 2023 (JPL)

When plotting a traversal path through a given area, the team identifies a series of smooth, flat regions referred to as "lily pads" where the helicopter can sa...

Here Comes the Sun: Perseverance Readies for Solar Conjunction

Nov 15, 2023 (JPL)

This year's solar conjunction will last from Sols 967 to 987 (Nov. 8th-28th, 2023). This is Perseverance's second solar conjunction of the mission, the last one...

AI Chemist creates Mars-compatible oxygen catalyst from meteorites

Nov 14, 2023 (SPX)

In the realms of space exploration and survival, the production of essential chemicals like oxygen on Mars is a crucial challenge. Traditional methods involving...

China develops 'GoMars' Model for enhanced Mars mission planning

Nov 14, 2023 (SPX)

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has been actively involved in Mars exploration, evidenced by the Tianwen 1 mission launched on July 23, 2020. Thi...