Can NASA Perseverance Rover Bring Back Ambient Sounds to Earth?

Medicine & Technology Jan 19, 2021

NASA plans to reach Mars again with hopes of bringing back ambient sounds by installing microphones to the 2020 Perseverance Rover.

Ancient Martian Megaflood Once Washed Through Gale Crater on Mars’ Equator - Study

Nov 24, 2020

The megaflood might have been the product of a meteoric effect generating fire in Mars. The chain of events could have eradicated the ice deposits on the Martian planet and caused gigantic ripples.

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Detects Signs of Mars Megafloods

Nov 24, 2020

A study which the Scientific Reports journal published this month provides the 'first identification of megafloods.'

NASA Is Testing An Underwater Rover For Testing Icy Moons

Dec 06, 2019

This article talks about on how NASA will be testing an underwater rover for testing icy moons.

The SuperCam is Mars 2020 Rover's Shiny New Accessory

Jul 13, 2019

Technicians for the Mars 2020 Rover has successfully installed a mast which they called the SuperCam Mast Unit.

Toyota’s RV-like Lunar Rover

Mar 14, 2019

Toyota, no longer just for earthlings.

Mars Rover Opportunity Has Reached 'Perseverance Valley' To Study Its Origin

May 17, 2017

The rover has been active in service for 13 years in Mars has reached the Perseverance Valley and has begun sending the data of the ancient valley.

New Technique May Help Find Traces of Life on Mars

May 18, 2015

Humans have always fantasized about "little green men" on Mars, and now scientists have created a new way to search for traces of alien life on the Red Planet.

Coffin Discovery on Mars? Why Mars Rovers' Diminishing Memory May Be A Problem for NASA

Dec 31, 2014

It seems Mars enthusiasts have had some extra time over the holidays to painstakingly exam every image taken by NASA's Curiosity Rover. And what they found is causing quite a stir, and a bit of concern over the Rover's spotty memory as of late. The latest discovery by these enthusiasts looks suspiciously like a coffin resting on Mars surface.

NASA's Mars Rover Seems To Be Going A Bit Senile―It Can't Remember A Thing

Dec 30, 2014

It's been over a decade since The Opportunity, NASA's newest Mars Rover, began scurrying across the planet's surface―and it's showing some signs of its aging.

Penguin-Friendly Rover Finds Its Place Amongst the Crowd

Nov 03, 2014

It’s a story, much like the ones you’ve heard before. An orphaned bird must stand alone within its flock, to find its own place amongst its peers. But this isn’t the story of an ugly little duckling that turns into a swan, or one of a tap-dancing emperor penguin with a knack for hip hop. This is a tale of a remote-operated rover that brought researchers into the fold of a penguin colony, for a view unlike anything we’ve seen before.

ESA Rosetta Spacecraft Is Showing Off Its ‘Cheops’

Oct 14, 2014

While Rosetta mission team members are preparing to touch down on the surface for a more up-close view of the comet, Rosetta’s Optical, Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) is taking a look at the surface from afar. And in the newest batch of images sent back Monday morning, researchers have revealed a large pyramid-shaped boulder standing 82-feet-tall near the intended landing site for Rosetta’s Philae rover.

NASA Plans Life and Death on Mars—Planet’s First ‘Mars Plant Experiment’ to be Launched in 2020

Oct 14, 2014

In hopes of a long future on the Red Planet, researchers have proposed the addition of a horticultural experiment onboard NASA’s next Mars rover mission, scheduled to land in 2021. The proposed project, known simply as the “Mars Plant Experiment” (MPX) would not only aid in the understanding of plant growth on foreign planets, but also would lay the foundations for future colonies currently planning on settling in on Mars.