Making Mars’ Moons: Supercomputers Offer ‘Disruptive’ New ... - NASA
4 天之前 · A NASA instrument on board, called MEGANE – short for Mars-moon Exploration with GAmma rays and Neutrons – will identify the chemical elements Phobos is made of and help select sites for the sample collection. Some of the samples will be collected by a pneumatic sampler also provided by NASA as a technology demonstration contribution to the ...
Mars: News & Features - NASA Science
A decade ago, on Sept. 21, 2014, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmospheric and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft entered orbit around Mars, beginning its ongoing exploration of the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere. The mission has produced a wealth of data about how Mars’…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Takes a Last Look at Mysterious Sulfur
5 天之前 · The science team is also trying to answer some big questions about the sprawling field of sulfur stones. Images of the area from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showed what looked like an unremarkable patch of light-colored terrain.It turns out that the sulfur stones were too small for MRO’s High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment to see, and Curiosity’s team was intrigued to find ...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprise in a Martian Rock
2024年7月18日 · Scientists were stunned on May 30 when a rock that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drove over cracked open to reveal something never seen before on the Red Planet: yellow sulfur crystals. Since October 2023, the rover has been exploring a region of Mars rich with sulfates, a kind of salt that contains sulfur and forms as water evaporates. But ...
Mars - NASA Science
Mars is one of the most explored bodies in our solar system, and it's the only planet where we've sent rovers to explore the alien landscape. NASA missions have found lots of evidence that Mars was much wetter and warmer, with a thicker atmosphere, billions of years ago. Explore with Us
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scientists Find Intriguing Mars Rock
2024年7月25日 · NASA’s Perseverance rover has made very compelling observations in a Martian rock that, with further study, could prove that life was present on Mars in the distant past — but how can we determine that from a rock, and what do we need to do to confirm it?
NASA’s Perseverance Captures ‘Googly Eye’ During Solar Eclipse
2024年10月30日 · The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed for the agency by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the ...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sees Mars in a New Light
2023年7月20日 · In its first 400 days on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover may have found a diverse collection of organics – carbon-based molecules considered the building blocks of life – thanks to SHERLOC, an innovative instrument on the rover’s robotic arm. Scientists with the mission, which is searching for evidence that the planet supported ...
Mars Science Laboratory: Curiosity Rover News & Features
NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life – with evidence for widespread liquid water on the surface – to a surface that…
Mars 2020: Perseverance Rover News & Features - NASA Science
2024年8月16日 · Mars rovers can only make exciting new discoveries thanks to human scientists making careful decisions about their next stop. The Mars 2020 mission is aimed at exploring the geology of Jezero Crater and seeking signs of ancient microbial life on…