NASA MRO Video Highlights Mars’ Dynamic Environment « AmericaSpace
NASA’s MRO mission has determined that the Red Planet goes through seasonal changes just like Earth does. The changes, however, are very different than what we experience on our home world. Image...
View ArticleTraces of life on Mars may have been bleached away – space – 18 February 2013...
Any clues to past life on Mars probably lie somewhat deeper down (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) Traces of life on Mars may have been bleached away 16:10 18 February 2013 by Lisa Grossman, Boston,...
View ArticleNASA – NASA Rover Confirms First Drilled Mars Rock Sample
First Curiosity Drilling Sample in the Scoop This image from NASA’s Curiosity rover shows the first sample of powdered rock extracted by the rover’s drill. The image was taken after the sample was...
View ArticleA Look Back and Ahead at NASA’s Space Technology Program | Parabolic Arc
Technicians at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, prepare the heat shield for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), critical hardware to place the Curiosity rover on the red planet last August....
View ArticleNASA – Lab Instruments Inside Curiosity Eat Mars Rock Powder
Check-up Image After Delivering Martian Rock Powder The left Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity took this image of Curiosity’s sample-processing and delivery tool just after the tool...
View ArticleCuriousMars: SAM and CheMin Ace Rock Analysis, Ready for More – SpaceRef
Goddard technicians working on the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) organic chemistry instrument. © CREDIT: GSFC SAM is the most complex instrument ever sent on a planetary mission. Principal...
View ArticleComputer Swap on Curiosity Rover – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
This artist concept features NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars’ past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech...
View ArticleVery brief Curiosity update, sol 205: Memory anomaly and a swap to the...
Locations of Curiosity’s cameras Locations of all of Curiosity’s cameras: the two Mastcams; Chemcam Remote Micro-Imager (RMI); the left and right Navcams (set A, used from landing, on top, and set B,...
View ArticleNASA’s Curiosity begins to resume operations after glitch — Sen
A self portrait of the Mars rover Curiosity built from a mosaic of 66 images taken on 3 February. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Curiosity begins to resume operations after glitch By Paul...
View ArticleNASA Rover Finds Conditions Once Suited for Ancient Life on Mars
NASA Rover Finds Conditions Once Suited for Ancient Life on Mars 03.12.13 This set of images compares rocks seen by NASA’s Opportunity rover and Curiosity rover at two different parts of Mars. On the...
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