Curiosity Mars Rover Wheels Wearing Faster Than Anticipated
Curiosity Mars Rover has traveled about three miles so far. Just like any car on Earth you expect some wear and tear on the tires. Now that it has completed…
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Erosion at Gale Crater Tells Story about Mars History
Erosion by Scarp Retreat in Gale Crater (Source NASA) – This mosaic of images from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) instrument on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows a series of sedimentary…
India’s Mars Mission leaves Earth Orbit
India’s bold plan to send a spacecraft to Mars passed another significant milestone today when the spacecraft fired its main engine for more than 20 minutes. This burn gave it…
MAVEN Mars mission launches right on schedule
Launching right on time on the first attempt the NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission started with a flawless launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch…
MARS MAVEN Mission is GO for November 18th Launch
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution or MAVEN has been given a 60 percent chance for favorable weather by forecasters at the U.S. Air Force 45th Weather Squadron. The launch…
India’s Mission To Mars on it’s way
After a successful launch on November 5th 2013 the Indian Space Research Organization ISRO executed the last of the five orbit-raising burns on its Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter Mission raising the apogee (farthest…
Mar’s MAVEN Mission to Launch Nov 18th
What happened to the Atmosphere on Mars? Where did the water go? These are the questions Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) is trying to answer. This is the first mission devoted…
Mar’s Mount Sharp Panorama in raw color
This mosaic of images from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity shows Mount Sharp in raw color as recorded by the camera. Raw color shows the scene’s…
