NASA Prepares for Mars with Desert Rover Tests
In preparation for Curiosity’s exploration of Mount Sharp on Mars, NASA engineers took a test rover out to the desert for last-minute training in the…
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HiRISE Images Show Old NASA Mars Lander
Recent images from the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show the three-petal lander of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit…
NASA’s Opportunity Rover Continues Research at Greeley Haven
Eight years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a three-month mission, NASA’s enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially…
Mars Rover Opportunity to Spend Several Months at “Greeley Haven”
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is spending its fifth winter on Mars and is now exploring a site known as “Greeley Haven.” Due to a…
The Mars Rover Curiosity Planetary Protection Snafu
Whenever we send a spacecraft or rover to another planet NASA is very careful to make sure that it isn’t carrying biological contamination from Earth….
NASA Curiosity Heads to Mars
We’re heading back to Mars to search for any clues that might indicate life has or could exist on the big red planet. Of course,…