Mars

Dramatic New NASA Animation Depicts Next Mars Rover in Action

[/caption] NASA’s next Mars rover, the Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory, will soon embark on a quantum leap in humankind’s scientific…

13 years ago

Gale Crater Reported Front-Runner for MSL Landing Site

A 150-kilometer-wide hollow on Mars named Gale Crater has emerged as the front-runner for the potential landing site for the…

13 years ago

Packing a Mars Rover for the Trip to Florida

Check out this way cool time-lapse movie of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover as its being packed up for her trip…

13 years ago

Worlds Apart: Planet and Moon Align

Here's a cool animation showing Mars' little moon Phobos passing in front of distant Jupiter from the viewpoint of ESA's Mars…

13 years ago

Test Roving NASA’s Curiosity on Earth

[/caption] Just over a year from now, NASA’s Curiosity rover should be driving across fascinating new landscapes on the surface…

13 years ago

Opportunity Rover Heads for Spirit Point to Honor Dead Martian Sister; Science Team Tributes

[/caption] Scientists leading NASA’s Mars rover team have selected “Spirit Point” as the name for the spot where the “Opportunity”…

13 years ago

Proof! Bio Station Alpha is Just an Image Artifact

[/caption] It’s time for another episode of “Conspiracy Theory of the Week.” This one involves a supposed secret space station…

13 years ago

Saturday at the Movies: “Plan of the City”

What if you could launch your city, building by building, and resettle on Mars? "Plan of the City" is a…

13 years ago

Opportunity Surpasses 30 KM Driving and Snaps Skylab Crater in 3 D

[/caption] With her most recent drive of 482 feet (146.8 meters) on June 1, 2011 (Sol 2614), NASA’s Opportunity Mars…

13 years ago

Spirit’s Last Panorama

[/caption] Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) features an image mosaic put together in part by Universe Today's Ken…

13 years ago