We Asked a NASA Scientist: What’s It Like Landing on Mars? [Video]
What’s it like landing on Mars? Tough! But every time we land, we learn more. When NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover descended toward the Red Planet,…
What’s it like landing on Mars? Tough! But every time we land, we learn more. When NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover descended toward the Red Planet,…
A new video looks back on the six-wheeled scientist’s first 10 months on the Red Planet and all that it’s accomplished so far. NASA’s Perseverance…
Is there water on Mars? There sure is! It’s not exactly like water on Earth but Martian H20 can tell us a lot about the…
International research team investigated the isotopic composition of rocky planets in the inner Solar System. Earth and Mars were formed from material that largely originated…
Six months ago, we began the dedicated investigation of the Jezero crater floor, and now in December 2021 we are more than halfway through this…
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches a Total of 30 Minutes Aloft With its recent 17th flight, the Red Planet rotorcraft reaches an airborne milestone the…
The ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has spotted significant amounts of water at the heart of Mars’ dramatic canyon system, Valles Marineris. The water, which…
The findings by rover scientists highlight the diversity of samples geologists and future scientists associated with the agency’s Mars Sample Return program will have to…
Engineers are developing the crucial hardware needed for a series of daring space missions that will be carried out in the coming decade. Testing has…
This November, ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft carried out a series of experimental communication tests with the Chinese (CNSA) Zhurong Mars rover. Mars Express successfully caught…
Select middle schoolers who have pushed past obstacles to reach their academic goals will be rewarded with a personal message beamed down from NASA’s Perseverance…
By performing a series of real and ‘fake’ flybys, ESA’s Mars Express has revealed how Mars’ largest moon, Phobos, interacts with the solar wind of…
How did NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover pick its exact landing spot? Believe it or not, the Mars rover decided precisely where to land just moments…
Ingenuity flew for the 17th time at Mars on Sunday, December 5. After the helicopter executed the planned 614-foot (187-meter) traverse to the northeast, the…
The Perseverance rover is equipped with a large suite of cameras—23 to be exact—which collectively enable a wide range of scientific investigations and engineering activities….
With Flight 17, Ingenuity continues its journey back to Wright Brothers Field at the Octavia E. Butler landing site. Flight 17 is the third flight…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this 360-degree selfie using the Mars Hand Lens Imager, or MAHLI, at the end of its robotic arm. The selfie…
Team studied thermal inertia to understand how rock layers were formed. As part of a team of collaborators from Northern Arizona University and Johns Hopkins…