Mars Rover Pictures Delight, Puzzle NASA
Two landmark discoveries reveal organic carbon on the red planet, shaping the future hunt for life on Mars.
The Schiaparelli lander — part of the European-Russian ExoMars 2016 mission — is scheduled to touch down on the Martian surface this morning at 10:48 a.m. EDT (1448 GMT). Europe's Mars Landing on Wednesday May Be Visible to NASA Rover Call it the Schiaparelli sky show — and if ...
Zhurong has been working on the red planet for 54 Martian days and has traveled more than 300 meters. Since it drove onto Mars, the rover has been traveling south and conducting detections. Its navigation camera has captured the images of the landform along the way. During ...
While engineers did not expect pictures right away, blurry low-resolution thumbnails from the rover's rear hazard avoidance cameras were transmitted within minutes of touchdown showing a wheel on the surface of Mars. "Odyssey data is still strong," said mission control commentator Allen Chen. "Ody...
While Sojourner strolled on the surface, Pathfinder was on a mission of its own. It relayed information from the rover to Earth and also took pictures of the Martian sky and surroundings. On Sol 24, Pathfinder captured a sunset showing a blue color near the sun. The blue is caused by ...
In October 2016, NASA's Curiosity rover spotted aweird little iron meteoriteduring its explorations around the base of Mount Sharp in the Gale crater on Mars. The rock would look small sitting in the palm of your hand, but the rover's close-up view shows the intricacies of the meteorite'...
It has traveled over 1,064 meters by the latest record, sending back gigabytes of raw data. In addition, the rover has taken pictures of the Martian landscape and of itself. It has even beckoned to the 2022 Winter Games in one of its widely popular selfies sent back ov...
China's Zhurong rover has departed from its lander and commenced science operations, and has the pictures to prove it!
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