NASA has posted a sampling of some of the most awe-inspiring photos of Mars, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the launch of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. They are proof that Mars is a very photogenic world. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/mars-photos-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter-15th-anniversary…
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Could ice sheets, not rivers, have formed the channels on Mars?
New research suggests that many of Mars’ ancient channels, thought to have been carved by flowing surface water, were formed instead by meltwater beneath glacial ice sheets. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/mars-river-channels-ice-sheets-devon-island-canadian-arctic-archipelago…
Mars landings: ‘7 minutes of terror’
To celebrate the 8-year anniversary of Curiosity rover’s arrival on Mars, here’s a video on the final 7 minutes of its chilling descent on August 5-6, 2012. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/mars-curiosity-rovers-seven-minutes-of-terror…
Six things to know about NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter
When NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida later this summer, an innovative experiment will ride along: the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. Ingenuity may weigh only about 4 pounds (1.8 kilograms), but it has some outsize ambitions. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-08-nasa-ingenuity-mars-helicopter.html…
NASA’s Perseverance rover bound for Mars to seek ancient life
NASA’s latest Mars rover Perseverance launched Thursday on an astrobiology mission to look for signs of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet—and to fly a helicopter-drone on another world for the first time. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-07-nasa-perseverance-rover-bound-mars.html…
NASA: Mars rover Perseverance in ‘safe mode’ after launch, but should recover
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover entered “safe mode” after a successful launch Thursday (July 30), but should recover, NASA says. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mars-rover-perseverance-safe-mode-after-launch.html
Liftoff! NASA’s Perseverance rover is headed to Mars
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover left Earth's atmosphere and began the long journey to Mars this morning under clear skies. Source: https://www.livescience.com/nasa-launches-mars-perseverance-rover.html
Plutonium-238 to help power Perseverance on Mars
After its long journey to Mars beginning this summer, NASA’s Perseverance rover will be powered across the planet’s surface in part by plutonium produced at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-07-plutonium-power-perseverance-mars.html…
Watch live: NASA launches Mars Perseverance rover to the Red Planet
You can watch the historic NASA launch of the Mars 2020 mission here on Live Science. Source: https://www.livescience.com/watch-live-mars-perseverance-launch-webcast.html
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover and Ingenuity helicopter set to launch
NASA’s Perseverance rover, which will look for signs of past or present life on Mars and test Ingenuity, the first interplanetary helicopter, is set to launch on 30 July Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2250181-nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-and-ingenuity-helicopter-set-to-launch/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…