Project Inspiration Mars Plans Flyby Mission in 2018 A private manned mission to Mars was announced this week called Inspiration Mars. On…
Category: Mars
Mars Rover Confirms First Drilled Martian Rock Sample
PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it has successfully obtained the first sample…
Curiosity’s First Sample Drilling
At the center of this image from NASA’s Curiosity rover is the hole in a rock called “John Klein” where…
NASA’s Opportunity Mars Rover Ready to Start 10th Year
Ten years ago this week Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity one of the two rovers that bounced to airbag-cushioned safe landings…
Unusual Mars rock has shiny metallic looking object
This picture shows a shiny polished metallic tip on what looks like an eroded rock. According to NASA this can happen when…
Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample
(Source NASA) – Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic…
Curosity’s MAHLI First Night Imaging Under Ultraviolet Lighting
This cool looking image of a Martian rock illuminated by ultraviolet LEDs (light emitting diodes) is part of the first…
Mars Rover Dusts off Surface for a better look.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS First Use of Mars Rover Curiosity’s Dust Removal Tool This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager…
