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NASA Outlines Latest Moon to Mars Plans in 2024 Architecture …
1 day ago · Following an Architecture Concept Review, the 2024 updates include a revision of NASA’s Architecture Definition Document which details technical approaches and processes of the agency’s exploration plans, an executive overview, and 12 new white papers on key Moon to Mars topics. “NASA’s Architecture Concept Review process is critical to ...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprise in a Martian Rock
Jul 18, 2024 · NASA’s Curiosity captured this close-up image of a rock nicknamed “Snow Lake” on June 8, 2024, the 4,209th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Nine days earlier, the rover had crushed a similar-looking rock and revealed crystalline textures — and elemental sulfur — inside.
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance reaches rim of its Jezero Crater …
2 days ago · NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its right-front navigation camera to capture this first view over the rim of Jezero Crater on Dec. 10, 2024, the 1,354th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reaches Top of Jezero Crater Rim
2 days ago · The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed for the agency by Caltech, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.
‘Paradigm shifts’ needed in Mars exploration, new NASA ... - Space
2 days ago · NASA has released a new document that highlights planned programmatic paradigm shifts in Mars exploration over the next 20 years. This plan was prepared for the NASA Science Mission Directorate's ...
Mars - NASA Science
Mars is one of the most explored bodies in our solar system, and it's the only planet where we've sent rovers to explore the alien landscape. NASA missions have found lots of evidence that Mars was much wetter and warmer, with a thicker atmosphere, billions of years ago.
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Takes a Last Look at Mysterious Sulfur
Nov 18, 2024 · The science team is also trying to answer some big questions about the sprawling field of sulfur stones. Images of the area from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showed what looked like an unremarkable patch of light-colored terrain.It turns out that the sulfur stones were too small for MRO’s High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment to see, and Curiosity’s team was intrigued to find ...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scientists Find Intriguing Mars Rock
Jul 25, 2024 · A vein-filled rock is catching the eye of the science team of NASA’s Perseverance rover. Nicknamed “Cheyava Falls” by the team, the arrowhead-shaped rock contains fascinating traits that may bear on the question of whether Mars …
NASA Mars Rover Delivers Triumphant First Photos From Crater Rim
2 days ago · NASA's Perseverance rover celebrated the end of a tough climb out of the Jezero Crater on Mars with new images and a new science campaign. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech ...