Sandtrapped Mars Rover Makes a Big Discovery
Spirit surveys its own predicament. The bright soil pictured left is loose, fluffy material churned by the rover’s left-front wheel as Spirit, driving backwards, broke through…
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Why Did Mars Dry Up?
Once upon a time – roughly four billion years ago – Mars was warm and wet, much like Earth. Liquid water flowed on the Martian surface…
Read the article →Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Reveals Rock Fracture Plumbing on Mars
Dense clusters of crack-like structures called deformation bands form the linear ridges prominent in this image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on…
Read the article →Phoenix Spacecraft During Landing
Camera On Mars Orbiter Snaps Phoenix During Landing A telescopic camera in orbit around Mars caught a view of NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander suspended from its…
Read the article →NASA Phoenix Spacecraft Lands on Mars
NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars Sunday to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having…
Read the article →NASA Orbiter Finds Possible Cave Skylights on Mars
NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has discovered entrances to seven possible caves on the slopes of a Martian volcano. NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has discovered entrances to…
Read the article →Insights About Mars’ Water and Climate
False-color image of gully channels in a crater in the southern highlands of Mars, taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on the Mars…
Read the article →Mars Rovers Survive Dust Storms
Two months after sky-darkening dust from severe storms nearly killed NASA’s Mars exploration rovers, the solar-powered robots are awake and ready to continue their mission. Opportunity’s…
Read the article →Mars Approaching Earth
By the time you finish reading this sentence, you’ll be 25 miles closer to the planet Mars. Earth and Mars are converging, and right now the…
Read the article →Mars Rovers Braving Sever Dust Storms
Having explored Mars for three-and-a-half years in what were missions originally designed for three months, NASA’s Mars rovers are facing perhaps their biggest challenge. For nearly…
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