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Missions to Mars

After reaching the Gediz Vallis basin, Curiosity captured this panoramic image using one of its black-and-white navigation cameras on February 3. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Mars rover Curiosity reveals its ancient water secrets

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Curiosity has begun exploring a new region that could provide more information about when liquid water finally disappeared from the surface of the Red Planet.
Curiosity's rear Hazcam recorded the shadow of the rover's rear in a 12-hour view toward the Gale Basin floor. Several factors caused several artifacts in the image, including a black spot, the sun's distorted appearance, and rows of white pixels extending from the sun. NASA/JPL-Caltech

Viewing a full day on Mars, sunrise to sunset

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Curiosity's rear Hazcam recorded the shadow of the rover's rear in a 12-hour continuous view from sunrise to sunset toward the Gale Basin floor
Analysis of Martian seismic data recorded by the InSight mission revealed that the liquid iron core of Mars is surrounded by a layer of molten silicate 150 km thick, resulting in a smaller and denser core than previously suggested. (Graphic: Thibaut Roger, NCCR Planet S / ETH Zurich)

News from inside Mars

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The first seismological measurements of the Insight were made near the landing of the spacecraft in September 2021. Among the seismic records were also two tremors on the other side of Mars that originated from a meteorite hitting its ground
The MARS INSIGH spacecraft that studies the geology of Mars. Photo: depositphotos.com

Earthquakes on Mars

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First summary of the findings of the MARS INSIGHT spacecraft on Mars
Mars Rover Mars Day 193 - Navigation Camera: NASA's Mars Rover Ingenuity captured this image using its navigation camera on its 13th flyby on September 5, 2021 (Mars Day 193 of the Perspirans rover mission) at local solar time 12: 06:30.

NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter: Flying on Mars is getting more and more difficult

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The rotors of the first helicopter to fly on another planet were filled with dust, preventing them from turning
The drilling was carried out on a dedicated platform with an inclination of seven degrees to simulate collection of a sample in a non-vertical position. The drill obtained the sample in a spherical shape with a diameter of about XNUMX cm. Credit: Thales Alenia Space

First success of drilling in hard soil for the launch of the Rosalind Franklin vehicle to Mars in 2022

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The European Space Agency conducted experiments on a twin vehicle to Rosalind Franklin, the vehicle that will fly to Mars as part of the ExoMars 2022 project - the drill managed to reach a depth of 1.7 meters * much deeper than any other Mars rover has ever attempted * in the hope that the fate of Rosalind Franklin will be better than that of the robot Shifriali that crashed as part of the Exo Mars mission in 2016
The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Orbiter took this close-up image of a "new" impact crater (on a geological scale, but very old on a human scale) in the Sirenum Posei region of Mars on March 30, 2015. Photo: NASA

Dust storms on Mars play a huge role in drying out the planet

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Artist's illustration depicting the Tianwen-1 Mars rover. Figure: China National Space Agency

China's probe lands on Mars

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A panoramic image of the environment of the Red Perseverance SUV. Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech

NASA has released high-quality video and audio from Mars for the first time

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This is not a simulation. The Perseverance robotic all-terrain vehicle and the crane that lowered it photographed each other and the Martian soil in a way that made it possible to document the landing as if it were a landing on Earth. NASA: We wanted to share with the public a once in a lifetime experience * the landing certificate step by step
This high-resolution image shows one of the six wheels of NASA's Mars Preserver (Persistence) rover, which landed on February 18, 2021. The image was taken by one of Persistence's color hazard detection cameras (Hazcams).

NASA's Persistence rover sends a glimpse of the descent to the Martian soil and the landing environment

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After the successful landing on Thursday, the engineers began to examine the condition of NASA's persistence vehicle on Mars. Among other things, they published preliminary images from the vehicle's cameras, as well as from the camera of the crane that lowered it to the ground and even from space
The Persistence rover lands using cables dangling from what is known as a "Mars crane". The spacecraft continues on after disconnecting the cables and the vehicle sets off on its own. This was done to save the fuel needed to land such a large spacecraft at the expense of the scientific equipment. Illustration: NASA / JPL-Caltech

First images from Mars after the successful landing of the "Persistence" rover (live broadcast)

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The images, in low resolution, were taken by Persistence's road cameras and show the view near the landing area.
Tianwen-1 - Illustration illustrating the rover, lander and all-terrain vehicle of the first Chinese mission to Mars. Figure CNSA

The Chinese Tianwan-1 spacecraft has successfully entered orbit around Mars

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Tianwen-1 makes China the sixth country in history to reach Mars. The fifth country to do so is the United Arab Emirates whose spacecraft, Hope, entered orbit around the Red Planet yesterday
The Mars Hope of the Union of Principalities. Figure: MBRSC

The United Arab Emirates' Mars Hop mission has reached orbit around it

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Hope will spend the next two years collecting vital scientific data on the Martian atmosphere.
United Arab Emirates HOPE Mars mission poster. Photo: shutterstock

The UAE's HOPE Mars rover is performing well on its way to its destination

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It is expected to reach orbit around Mars on February 9, a day before the Chinese and about a week before the American rover Preservation
James Webb Space Telescope. Illustration: shutterstock

Six space missions to look forward to in 2021

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Space exploration achieved several milestones in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, including commercial manned space flights and the return of asteroid samples to Earth. Fascinating tasks are expected in 2021, some of which mark breakthroughs
The Amadimai Preservation vehicle, under construction for its launch in the summer of 2020. Photo by the European Space Agency

NASA sent a sophisticated vehicle to Mars and the first autonomous helicopter to fly in another world's atmosphere (live broadcast)

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Artist's rendering shows the Mars Helicopter, a small autonomous rotorcraft that will travel with NASA's Mars 2020 vehicle mission to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA's Mars lander will be the first spacecraft on another planet. This is how he will reach the land of the red planet

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Wet Mars, billions of years ago, and Mars today. NASA figure, based on data transmitted by the MAVEN spacecraft

Mars: Interim Summary of MAVEN Spacecraft Findings  

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Jezero crater area on Mars, containing an ancient river delta. A photograph composed of images of several instruments located in spacecraft orbiting Mars, primarily MRO. Photo: NASA

NASA Announces Mars 2020 Mars Rover Landing Site: An Ancient River Delta

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Opportunity's panoramic camera (Pancam) took the images that make up this display, from its position outside the Endeavor Crater during the period between June 7 and June 19, 2017. On the right side of the image you can see a wide slot on the summit of the western rim of the crater. This is Perseverance Valley where she is today. Credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Cornell / Arizona State University.

NASA has lost contact with the Mars Rover Opportunity

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A futuristic water pipeline serving human settlement on Mars. Illustration: shutterstock

A vast reservoir of liquid water has been discovered beneath the surface of Mars

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A sand dune on Mars that stands out on the surface thanks to a reaction caused by the escape of carbon dioxide gas that froze in the winter, and took off in the spring. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

The unusual dune on Mars

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The Mars copter, a small autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with NASA's Mars 2020 rover, now scheduled for launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars to demonstrate the ability to fly in a thin atmosphere

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Simulation of the InSight lander to Mars. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

NASA invites you to add your name to its next Mars rover

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"Selfie" photo taken by Curiosity. In the background you can see Mount Sharp which stands in the center of Gale Crater, and Curiosity is currently climbing to its upper layers. To take selfies, Curiosity uses a camera mounted on its robotic arm, and takes pictures of itself from many angles. The images are then edited into a single image in Photoshop. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.

Five years since Curiosity landed on Mars

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