NASA’s latest Mars rover — Perseverance — is its most advanced to date, carrying with it a plethora of technology that includes a suite of 23 cameras. We’ve already been treated to incredible footage from several of the cameras, captured as the rover approached the surface of the red planet on February 18, 2021. Within […]
Did you know you can track the progress of NASA’s Perseverance rover in real time as it travels tens of millions of miles toward Mars? This weekend NASA pointed space fans to its interactive Eyes on the Solar System desktop app that lets you track the current location of the Mars 2020 rover, among a […]
The coronavirus pandemic has led to millions of people around the world swapping their regular office for a home-based alternative. NASA, for example, last month instructed all of its employees nationwide to work from home in an effort to protect them against the virus and also to help slow its spread. So how is it […]
Here on Earth, we’re all taking care to wash our hands for at least 20 seconds. But cleanliness is not only important on this planet — it’s important for the Curiosity rover on Mars as well. Curiosity is gathering samples from across the red planet as it travels up the massive Mount Sharp. The rover […]
When it heads to the red planet later this year, NASA’s Perseverance rover won’t just be carrying scientific instruments — it will also carry the names of millions of space fans. Last year, NASA launched its “Send Your Name to Mars” campaign in which members of the public were invited to submit their names to […]
NASA announced Mars 2020 Rover’s new name, Perseverance, during a live event on Thursday, March 5. Perseverance was submitted by high school student Alexander Mather, who attends Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia. “We are always curious and seek opportunity, but if rovers are to be the qualities of us as a race, we […]
While NASA scientists were busy binge-eating turkey and online shopping last November, the Curiosity Rover wasn’t taking a break, instead snapping a 1.8 billion-pixel image from the surface of Mars. The 360-degree panorama, shared by NASA on March 4, is the highest resolution captured by the Curiosity Rover yet, providing enough detail to zoom in […]
An illustration of a concept for a possible wind-powered Venus rover. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA is looking to members of the public to design an avoidance sensor for obstacle courses that could be used for a future Venus rover. Despite being our planetary neighbor, few missions have ever landed on Venus because of its scorchingly high surface […]
[embedded content] The Mars 2020 rover is preparing for its big mission by doing some “bicep curls” in a new video released by NASA. The rover will head to Mars in July 2020 and is scheduled to land on the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater in February 2021. It’s a big mission to prepare for: the […]
In this image taken June 25, 2019, engineers install the SuperCam instrument on Mars 2020’s rover. This image was taken in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. NASA/JPL-Caltech The Mars 2020 rover reached another milestone this week, when technicians installed its mast, the SuperCam Mast Unit. The rover already has […]
Could there be a bigger brag in the schoolyard (or, heck, any place) than laying claim to the fact that you named the next Mars rover? That’s exactly what NASA is promising K-12 students in the U.S. by launching a new contest that will allow some lucky, lucky student to name what could be humanity’s […]
[embedded content] It was a sad moment earlier this year when NASA officially called it quits on its 15-year-old, record-setting Mars rover Opportunity, eight months after its last contact with the lander, following an intense dust storm in 2018. While Opportunity may be gone, Mars enthusiasts can revive the legendary rover from the comfort of […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie on May 12, 2019 (the 2,405th Martian day, or sol, of the mission). NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the highest amounts of clay in any sample taken so far during its mission to Mars. To celebrate, the rover snapped a selfie as it explored the aptly-named “clay-bearing […]
As much talk as there is about Mars colonization, it’s still going to be a good few years before humans land on the Red Planet. But that doesn’t mean that your name can’t be among the first to make its way to the Martian landscape — and it won’t even require you to train as […]
This artist’s rendition depicts NASA’s Mars 2020 rover studying its surroundings. NASA/JPL-Caltech Preparations are well underway for NASA’s next mission to Mars, when it plans to land the Mars 2020 rover on the surface to look for signs of life and collect samples. Recently, the Mars 2020 rover team has been undertaking a series of […]