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Mystery Blur in Mars Image Explained
When Curiosity executed a perfect six-wheel landing on Mars on the morning of August 6 to the excitement of millions worldwide — not to mention quite a few engineers and scientists at JPL — it...
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What Curiosity Looks Like From 200 Kilometers Up
Here’s a look down at Curiosity from the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, orbiting approximately 200 km (125 miles) above the surface of Mars. This new image, released today,...
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JPL’s Torture Chamber for Spacecraft
The Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity being tested under Martian conditions in JPL’s space simulator on March 8, 2011. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech This is a place where engineers inflict all sorts...
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A River Ran Through It: Why Do They Think There Was Once Water on Mars?
Why is everyone so excited about these dusty Mars rocks? This week’s big news was the announcement of evidence for flowing water on Mars, based on images of what appear to be smooth river rock-type...
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Say Hello to Asteroid 2007 PA8
Radar images of asteroid 2007 PA8 acquired on October 28, 29 and 30. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Gemini) Take a good look at asteroid 2007 PA8 — over the past week it was making its closest pass of Earth for...
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‘Ultimate Mars Challenge’ – PBS NOVA TV Curiosity Documentary Premieres Nov. 14
If you’ve been following the spectacular adventures of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover since the nerve wracking Sky Crane touchdown just 3 months ago, then PBS NOVA TV has a sweet treat in store for you –...
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NASA’s Final 2012 Doomsday Debunking Video (We Hope)
Despite countless articles published over the course of several years to the contrary, despite videos and interviews with some of the world’s most prominent and well-respected astronomers, despite new...
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Curiosity Celebrates 1st Martian Christmas at Yellowknife Bay
Image Caption: Curiosity Scans ‘Yellowknife Bay’ on Sol 130. NASA’s Curiosity rover celebrated her 1st Christmas on the Red Planet at ‘Yellowknife Bay’ and is searching for her 1st rock target to...
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In Two Weeks This 50-Meter Asteroid Will Buzz Our Planet
Asteroid 2012-DA14 will pass Earth closely on Feb. 15, 2013 (NASA) On February 15 a chunk of rock about 50 meters wide will whiz by Earth at nearly 8 km/s, coming within 27,680 km of our planet’s...
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Historic First Use of Drill on Mars Set for Jan. 31 – Curiosity’s Sol 174
Image caption: Curiosity will conduct Historic 1st drilling into Martian rock at this spot where the robotic arm is pressing down onto the Red Planet’s surface at the John Klein outcrop of veined...
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Curiosity Once Again in Safe Mode – If Only Briefly
Not even two and a half weeks after a memory glitch that sent NASA’s Curiosity rover into a safe mode on Feb. 27, the robotic Mars explorer once again went into standby status as the result of a...
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Planck’s Cosmic Map Reveals Universe Older, Expanding More Slowly
This image, the best map ever of the Universe, shows the oldest light in the universe. This glow, left over from the beginning of the cosmos called the cosmic microwave background, shows tiny changes...
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More Evidence That Mars Lost Its Atmosphere
Mosaic self-portrait of Curiosity at the John Klein outcrop on Feb. 3, 2013 (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) Although today Mars’ atmosphere is sparse and thin — barely 1% the density of Earth’s at sea level —...
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Soviet Lander Spotted by Mars Orbiter
The bright spot in the center of this HiRISE image may be the 11-meter-wide parachute from Mars 3′s descent stage (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona) On May 28, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the Mars...
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Curiosity Interview with Project Manager Jim Erickson – New Software Hastens...
Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater – is the primary destination of NASA’s Curiosity rover mission to Mars since it harbors minerals to support potential life forms. Curiosity landed on the right side of...
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An Occult Occurrence: Saturn’s Moon Iapetus Blocks a Background Star
Just passing by: an animation of Iapetus briefly blocking a bright star in the constellation Orion. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI. Assembled by Jason Major.) It’s a cosmic cover-up! No, don’t put your tinfoil*...
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NASA’s Juno probe Gets Gravity Speed Boost during Earth Flyby But Enters...
The first color reconstruction of the Moon from Juno’s Junocam imager by Adam Hurcewicz. The moon images were collected prior to Juno’s flyby of Earth on Oct. 9, 2013 and entering safe mode. Developing...
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NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Returns 1st Flyby images of Earth while Sailing On to...
This reconstructed day side image of Earth is one of the 1st snapshots transmitted back home by NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its speed boosting flyby on Oct. 9, 2013. See the original raw image below...
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Rough Red Planet Rocks Rip Rover Curiosity Wheels
Photomosaic shows new holes and tears in several of rover Curiosity’s six wheels caused by recent driving over sharp edged Martian rocks on the months long trek to Mount Sharp. Raw images taken by the...
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Happy New Year’s Day 2014 from Mars – Curiosity Celebrates 500 Sols Spying...
Curiosity Celebrates 500 Sols on Mars on Jan. 1, 2014 NASA’s Curiosity rover snaps fabulous new mosaic spying towering Mount Sharp destination looming dead ahead with her high resolution color cameras,...
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