Tag: Rover
Curiosity Finds Conditions Once Suited For Ancient Life On Mars
An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes. Scientists identified sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon — some of the key chemical ingredients for life — in the powder Curiosity drilled out of a sedimentary rock near an ancient stream bed in Gale [...]
Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity Enters Its 9th Year of Operation
Eight years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a three-month mission, NASA’s enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially became a new mission five months ago.
Curiosity Rover Begins Monitoring Space Radiation
NASA’s car-sized Curiosity rover has begun monitoring space radiation during its 8-month trip from Earth to Mars. The research will aid in planning for future human missions to the Red Planet.
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Mission on a Precision Trajectory
Excellent launch precision for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission has forestalled the need for an early trajectory correction maneuver, now not required for a month or more.
NASA Launches Most Capable And Robust Rover to Explore Mars
NASA began a historic voyage to Mars with the Nov. 26 launch of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), which carries a car-sized rover named Curiosity. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an Atlas V rocket occurred at 10:02 a.m. EST.
Mars Science Laboratory Tucked Inside Its Atlas V Rocket Ready for Launch
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory is tucked inside its Atlas V rocket, ready for launch on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Nov. 26 launch window extends from 7:02 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. PST (10:02 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. EST). The launch period for the mission extends through Dec. [...]
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Rover, Curiosity Placed on the Spacecraft’s Heat Shield
In preparation for launch later this year, the “back shell powered descent vehicle” configuration containing NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, has been placed on the spacecraft’s heat shield.
7 Years Into 3 Month Mission Mars Rover Reaches 20 Mile Mark
More than seven years into what was planned as a three-month mission on Mars, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has driven more than 20 miles, which is more than 50 times the mission’s original distance goal.
Mars Rover Leaves Dance Step Pattern
When NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover uses an onboard navigation capability during backward drives, it leaves a distinctive pattern in the wheel tracks visible on the Martian ground.
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