Mars Exploration Rover NASA / JPL-Caltech / Maas Digital Matijevic Hill Panorama Opportunity took the hundreds of component images for this panorama with her stereo panoramic camera (Pancam) from Nov. 19, 2012 through Dec. 3, 2012. Named in honor […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Homestake This image of Homestake, which Opportunity took with her Pancam back in December 2011, was processed here by Stuart Atkinson. It shows the “sparkly bits” that Ray Arvidson, MER deputy principal investigator, talked about in past MER Updates. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pete Theisinger, project manager for both the Mars Exploration Rovers and the Mars Science Laboratory, talks about Curiosity, NASA’s most advanced mobile robotic laboratory, which landed on Mars in August, 2012. Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers) CuriousMars: Opportunity’s First Project Manager […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This image provided by NASA shows the late-afternoon shadow cast by the Mars rover Opportunity at Endeavour Crater. The six-wheel rover landed on Mars in January 2004 and is still going strong. (AP Photo/NASA) NASA’s older Mars rover notches another […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mastcam color image of turret shows the Honeybee rotating brushes at far right, and the pink looking dust cover for the MAHLI hand lens imager at center. Special adhesives holding clear cover and lenses below cause the glass to glow […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Looking ahead to spacecraft activities in 2013 Posted By Emily Lakdawalla 2013/01/04 01:09 CST Hello, 2013! I’m looking forward to a fun year in planetary exploration — but then every year is a fun year. What’s ahead? First of all, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Curiosity’s view of Mars from Rocknest, November 2012 (MastCam). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems A year in the life of Mars By Charles Black 26 December 2012 (Sen) – 2012 marked an exciting year for our exploration of Mars with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Curiosity’s busy robotic arm sampling at Rocknest is captured in time lapse panorama showing turret with scoop down near sand dune (center) then elevated to pour sample into rover. A mosaic stitching flaw caused arm/shoulder separation at bottom. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Marco […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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