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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flew over these sand dunes and rocks during its ninth flight, on July 5, 2021. While the agency’s Perseverance Mars can’t risk getting stuck in this sand, scientists are still able to learn about this region by studying it from Ingenuity’s images. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Reveals Intriguing Terrain

July 13, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

Ingenuity’s ninth flight provided imagery that will help the Perseverance rover team develop its science plan going forward. Images snapped on July 5, 2021 by NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on its ambitious ninth flight have […]

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took this shot, capturing its own shadow, while hovering over the Martian surface on April 19, 2021. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight on Mars

April 19, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

The small rotorcraft made history, hovering above Jezero Crater, demonstrating that powered, controlled flight on another planet is possible. Monday, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled […]

A self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover taken on Sol 2082 (June 15, 2018). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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Mars Rover: 8 Martian Postcards to Celebrate Curiosity’s Landing Anniversary

August 3, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has seen a lot since August 5, 2012, when it first set its wheels inside the 96-mile-wide (154-kilometer-wide) basin of Gale Crater. Its mission: to study whether Mars had the water, […]

Apollo 50th Anniversary logo. Source: NASA
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NASA Apollo 50th Anniversary TV Broadcast and Events Planned

July 6, 2019 Kay Whatley

NASA will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 Moon mission and look to the future of exploration on the Moon and Mars with a live, two-hour television broadcast Friday, July 19, 2019, […]

Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI). Source: NASA
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NASA Selects Teams to Study Earth’s Moon, Mars’ Moons, and More

July 1, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Eight new research teams were selected for the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) NASA has selected eight new research teams to collaborate on research into the intersection of space science and human space […]

Panarama compiled from Opportunity Rover images of Mars. Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Opportunity’s Parting Shot Was a Beautiful Panorama

March 13, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Over 29 days last spring, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity documented this 360-degree panorama from multiple images taken at what would become its final resting spot in Perseverance Valley. Located on the inner slope of […]

This panorama from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover was taken on Dec. 19 (Sol 2265). The rover's last drill location on Vera Rubin Ridge is visible, as well as the clay region it will spend the next year exploring. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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Mars Curiosity Rover Departs Vera Rubin Ridge, Video Released

February 12, 2019 Kay Whatley

After exploring Mars’ Vera Rubin Ridge for more than a year, NASA’s Curiosity rover recently moved on. But a new 360-video lets the public visit Curiosity’s final drill site on the ridge, an area nicknamed […]

NASA's InSight Mars lander acquired this image of the area in front of the lander using its lander-mounted, Instrument Context Camera (ICC). This image was acquired on Nov. 26, 2018, Sol 0 of the InSight mission where the local mean solar time for the image exposures was 13:34:21. Each ICC image has a field of view of 124 x 124 degrees. Credits: NASA/JPL-CalTech
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NASA InSight Lander Arrives on Mars, Sends First Image to Earth

November 26, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

InSight Mission Is to Learn What Lies Beneath the Red Planet’s Surface Mars has just received its newest robotic resident. NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander successfully touched down […]

This artist's concept shows the InSight lander, its sensors, cameras and instruments. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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NASA’s First Mission to Study the Interior of Mars Awaits Launch on May 5

May 4, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

All systems are go for NASA’s next launch to the Red Planet. The early-morning liftoff on Saturday of the Mars InSight lander will mark the first time in history an interplanetary launch will originate from the […]

This diagram illustrates the positions of Mars, Earth, and the sun during a period that occurs approximately every 26 months, when Mars passes almost directly behind the sun from Earth's perspective. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun

July 16, 2017 Kay Whatley

By Guy Webster (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and Laurie Cantillo / Dwayne Brown (NASA HQ) This month, movements of the planets will put Mars almost directly behind the sun, from Earth’s perspective, causing curtailed communications between Earth […]

spidery channels on Mars. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona.
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Citizen Scientists Seek South Pole Terrain “Spiders” on Mars

October 21, 2016 Kay Whatley

By Guy Webster (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Alan Fischer (Planetary Science Institute), Peter Michaud (Gemini Observatory), and Dwayne Brown and Laurie Cantillo (NASA Headquarters) Ten thousand volunteers viewing images of Martian south polar regions have helped identify targets for closer […]

Curiosity got close to this outcrop on September 9, 2016, which displays finely layered rocks. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.
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NASA Releases Photos from Curiosity Showing Mars’ Rocks

September 11, 2016 Kay Whatley

Mars Rover Views Spectacular Layered Rock Formations Released by Preston Dyches, Jet Propulsion Laboratory The layered geologic past of Mars is revealed in stunning detail in new color images returned by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, which […]

NASA has set a new launch opportunity, beginning May 5, 2018, for the InSight mission to Mars. InSight is the first mission dedicated to investigating the deep interior of Mars. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
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NASA Has Mars Landing Planned for 2018

September 2, 2016 Kay Whatley

NASA Approves 2018 Launch of Mars InSight Mission Released by Guy Webster (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and Dwayne Brown / Laurie Cantillo (NASA) NASA is moving forward with a spring 2018 launch of its InSight mission to […]

About 1000 Viking Orbiter red- and violet-filter images have been processed to provide global color coverage of Mars at a scale of 1 km/pixel. Source: NASA/JPL/USGS.
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NASA Seeks Industry Ideas for an Advanced Mars Satellite

April 22, 2016 Kay Whatley

Released by Dwayne Brown and Laurie Cantillo, NASA Headquarters NASA is soliciting ideas from US industry for designs of a Mars orbiter for potential launch in the 2020s. The satellite would provide advanced communications and imaging, as […]

At 11:02 a.m. EDT on April 7, 2001, crowds watch a Boeing Delta II rocket lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft into space on its seven-month journey to Mars. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University.
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Mars Odyssey Fuel Outlasting Expectation

April 7, 2016 Kay Whatley

Mars Longevity Champion Launched 15 Years Ago Released by Guy Webster (JPL), Dwayne Brown (NASA), and Laurie Cantillo (NASA) The NASA spacecraft that was launched 15 years ago this week carried the name 2001 Mars Odyssey and […]

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Drop that Candy! Mars Recalled for Plastic Content

February 24, 2016 Kay Whatley

Mars Chocolate Issues Voluntary Recall for Netherlands Products As Released by Mars.com After a small piece of red plastic was found in a SNICKERS® bar purchased in Germany, Mars has made a precautionary decision to […]

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The Strange-ness: Creepy, Sad, or Just Humans Having Fun with Curiosity Rover

November 6, 2015 Kay Whatley

According to NASA, part of the make-up of NASA’s Curiosity rover is the ability to sing “Happy Birthday” every year on the anniversary of its Mars landing. The Rover celebrates its birthday on August 5. […]

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The Strange-ness: Drilling Rocks on Mars

October 9, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

On Tuesday, Sept. 29, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled its eighth hole on Mars, and its fifth since reaching Mount Sharp one year ago. The drilling of the hole 2.6-inches (65 millimeters) deep in a […]

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Construction to Begin on 2016 NASA Mars Lander

May 23, 2014 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA and its international partners now have the go-ahead to begin construction on a new Mars lander, after it completed a successful Mission Critical Design Review on Friday. NASA’s Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy […]

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The Strange-Ness: Eastern Hercules Beetle

July 19, 2015

By Kay Whatley, Editor A few weeks ago, my youngest and I came across a strange sight: a beetle on the school sidewalk which measured more than two inches long. It looked more like an […]

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The Strange-ness: Pigeons with Backpacks Check Pollution Levels

March 16, 2016

Released by Romain Lacombe, Founder & CEO, Plume Labs   Plume Labs, a technology company that helps individuals track and reduce their exposure to air pollution, is to launch the first ever flock of pollution-monitoring pigeons across London. […]

In this image, Earth is the dot to the left of the image and the large arc around it is our planet’s magnetic bow shock. Credit: Vlasiator team, University of Helsinki
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The Strange-ness: Earth “Song” Recorded during Solar Storm

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Earth’s magnetic song recorded for the first time during a solar storm Data from the European Space Agency (ESA) Cluster mission has provided a recording of the eerie ‘song’ that Earth sings when it is […]

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