NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover Spotted from Mars Orbit
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover can be seen at the “Pahrump Hills” area of Gale Crater in this view from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars…
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Curiosity’s Mini-Drill Test at ‘Mojave’ Provides Unusual Opportunity
(NASA/JPL) – This view from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the arm of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows some of the outcome from a shallow-depth, mini-drill test…
Rover Finds Clues to How Water Helped Shape Martian Landscape
(NASA) – Observations by NASA’s Curiosity Rover indicate Mars’ Mount Sharp was built by sediments deposited in a large lake bed over tens of millions of years. This interpretation of…
Mars Curiosity Finds Minerals First Seen From Space
(NASA) Reddish rock powder from the first hole drilled into a Martian mountain by NASA’s Curiosity rover has yielded the mission’s first confirmation of a mineral mapped from orbit. “This…
Mars Satellite Fleet has Front Row Seat for Comet Viewing
(NASA) – The extensive fleet of science assets, particularly those orbiting and roving Mars, have front row seats to image and study a once-in-a-lifetime comet flyby on Sunday, Oct. 19. Comet C/2013…
Mars Rover Drills First Mount Sharp Sample
This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the first sample-collection hole drilled in Mount Sharp, the layered mountain that is the…
India’s Mars Orbiter Takes Impressive Full Globe Image
In the first week since it was inserted into Mars orbit, the newest addition to the small Martian fleet of spacecraft has managed to send home a rather impressive full…
India Spacecraft to Enter Mars Orbit this Week
After a successful launch on November 5th 2013 the Indian Space Research Organization ISRO is set to place the Mangalyaan spacecraft into orbit around the red planet. The spacecraft will arrive right on schedule…
