mars rover
NASA’s Perseverance Rover is Setting Records on Mars
NASA's Perseverance Rover has been exploring Mars for more than 900 sols. It's the most scientifically advanced rover ever built…
Pictures from Curiosity Show the Bottom of an Ancient Lake on Mars, the Perfect Place to Search for Evidence of Past Life
It's all about the detail. In a way, Mars looks like a dusty, dead, dry, boring planet. But science says…
Weekly Space Hangout: April 11, 2018: Emily Lakdawalla’s “The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job”
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
Opportunity Starts Historic Descent of Tantalizing Martian Gully to Find Out How Was It Carved
From the precipice of "Perseverance Valley" NASA’s teenaged Red Planet robot Opportunity has begun the historic first ever descent of…
ExoMars 2018 Rover Postponed to 2020 Launch
Liftoff of the ExoMars 2018 rover mission currently under development jointly by Europe and Russia has just been postponed for…
Weekly Space Hangout – Sept 25, 2015: Maggie Scholtz, Mars Rover Drill System Engineer
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guests: Maggie Scholtz (@martianmagster), who is a Mechanical Engineer working at JPL. She worked on…
What is Lunar Regolith?
When you're walking around on soft ground, do you notice how your feet leave impressions? Perhaps you've tracked some of…
Weekly Space Hangout – March 27, 2015: Dark Matter Galaxy “X” with Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, Lead Investigator for team that may have discovered Dark Matter Galaxy…
Opportunity rover Spied atop Martian Mountain Ridge from Orbit – Views from Above and Below
Opportunity Rover on 'Murray Ridge' Seen From Orbit on Valentine's Day 2014 The telescopic High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)…
Weekly Space Hangout – January 24, 2014: LEGO Mars Rover & the Supernova We Missed in the Star Party!
Host: Fraser Cain Special Guests: Stephen Pakbaz, designer of the LEGO Mars Rover Kit, and Ray Sanders from CosmoQuest, who…