If you felt a bit apprehensive about this morning’s media teleconference from NASA, you’re not the only one. The very long-lived Opportunity is facing its most dire predicament yet – a raging dust storm that has virtually turned day into night at its current location. …
Read MoreNASA hopeful Opportunity rover will survive raging dust storm on Mars
Is there or has there ever been life on Mars? We still don’t know the answer for sure, but two new findings announced yesterday morning by NASA during a live discussion provide more tantalizing clues. The new results come from the Curiosity rover in Gale …
Read MoreCuriosity rover makes intriguing new discoveries about Martian organics and methane
There will be a NASA live event on Thursday, June 7 discussing new science results from the Mars Curiosity rover. The details are still embargoed by the journal Science until then. There has been some speculation it may have to do with the previous methane …
Read MoreMedia Advisory: NASA update on Curiosity science results – June 7, 2018
After many months of testing and devising new techniques since experiencing mechanical problems, NASA’s Curiosity rover is finally drilling again! The latest test this past weekend proved a success, producing the first drill hole in a rock in over a year. So it seems that …
Read More‘Drill, Baby, Drill!’: Curiosity rover successfully tests new drilling technique on Mars
Excitement has been building for NASA’s next rover mission to Mars, scheduled to launch sometime in 2020. Although it looks a lot like the current Curiosity rover, its mission will be to search directly for possible evidence of past life. Curiosity, on the other hand, …
Read MoreFlying in Martian skies: NASA’s 2020 rover mission will include tiny helicopter
This past weekend NASA launched its next mission to Mars, but this one will be a little different than the previous ones. Unlike the rovers Curiosity and Opportunity, both still actively examining rocks and sand on the surface, the new InSight lander won’t go anywhere. …
Read MoreInSight mission launches to study the ‘heart’ of Mars