High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)

Water Or Not? Fresh Martian Trenches Primarily Due To Carbon Dioxide Freezes, Study Says

Does liquid water currently flow on the surface of Mars? Fresh-looking trenches on the Red Planet have come under a…

10 years ago

Curiosity Captured from Orbit Crossing Landing Ellipse Boundary – Martian Scenery from Above and Below

NASA has now released a breathtaking high resolution image of the rover Curiosity captured from Mars orbit coincidentally coinciding with…

10 years ago

Um, You Can See a Car on Mars

First of all, I completely stole this headline from NASA engineer Bobak Ferdowski (AKA The Mohawk Guy) on Twitter. Second,…

11 years ago

Mars’ Dingo Gap Seen From Orbit and the Ground

Thanks to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the HiRISE camera, we have an orbital view of Dingo Gap, an opening…

11 years ago

Brand New Impact Crater Shows Up on Mars

The great thing about the longevity of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is that we can see changes taking place on…

11 years ago

HiRISE Spots Curiosity Rover and Tracks from Orbit

Amazing, the things a birds-eye view allows you to see. Here's a color image from the HiRISE camera on board…

11 years ago

Can You Spot the Future Location of the Utopia Planitia Shipyards in this New HiRISE Image?

The name of this large impact basin on Mars, Utopia Planitia, sounds idyllic. But it also strikes a warm place…

11 years ago

HiRISE Camera Spots Curiosity Rover (and tracks) on Mars

I spy the Curiosity Rover! With the Sun over its shoulders, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on…

11 years ago

Satellite View Shows Opportunity Mars Rover Still Hard at Work 10 Years On

Ten years to the day after the Opportunity rover launched to Mars, the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter…

11 years ago

Weird Tracks on Mars Could be Caused by Moving Dry Ice

Extreme sports taking on place on Mars? How about snowboarding – or actually sandboarding --down Martian dunes on a cushion…

12 years ago