Tag: Rover
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InSight teams push for more science in lander’s final months, Curiosity continues trek around Gale Crater
In May 2022, members of NASA’s InSight Mars lander team announced that power levels on the lander were diminishing and that they expected the lander to become inoperative by December 2022. However, InSight’s teams want to push the lander to do as much as possible in its final months and have chosen to operate the…
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Perseverance, Ingenuity begin seven month journey to Mars
United Launch Alliance has launched NASA’s latest mission to Mars: the Perseverance rover and accompanying Ingenuity helicopter. Liftoff of the third of our world’s three missions to Mars during the current interplanetary transfer window occurred Thursday, 30 July 2020 at the start of a two hour launch window that opens at 07:50 EDT. Mission history…
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America’s Next Mars Rover “Perseverance” to Pave Way for Human Exploration
NASA has named its Mars 2020 rover, “Perseverance,” as it prepares for launch this summer. The name is a result of a nationwide contest, which accepted more than 28,000 essays from K-12 students, and pays tribute to continued exploration of the extremely challenging environment of the red planet. The rover is currently at the Kennedy…
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NASA shows off robots, a VR trip to Mars, and more at CES
LAS VEGAS — NASA doesn’t make consumer electronics per say, but it does enough geeky stuff that it was right at home during last week’s CES. Maria Bualat, a robotics engineer, was manning the NASA booth to show visitors a prototype robot the space agency uses to develop autonomy software. Bualat and her team test…
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Mars 2020 rover receives upgraded eyesight for tricky skycrane landing
When NASA’s next Mars rover – Mars 2020 – arrives at the red planet in four years, it will sport a new and upgraded vision to aide its onboard systems and targeting parameters for the all-important, incredibly technical, and somewhat heart pounding skycrane and winch landing onto the surface of Mars. The rover is currently…
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Curiosity rover reaches Martian sand dunes
The rippled surface of the first Martian sand dune ever studied up close fills this Nov. 27, 2015, view of “High Dune” from the Mast Camera on NASA’s Curiosity rover. This site is part of the “Bagnold Dunes” field of active dark dunes along the northwestern flank of Mount Sharp. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Curiosity rover…
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Candidate landing sites selected for ESA Mars rover
Artist’s concept of the ExoMars rover set for launch in May 2018. Credit: ESA TORONTO — The European Space Agency has announced four candidate landing sites for the ExoMars rover, as a deadline looms to secure full funding for the mission in time for a scheduled launch to the red planet in 2018. Considered the…
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Curiosity EDL data to provide 2020 Mars Rover with super landing skills
Lessons learned from the impressive Entry Descent and Landing (EDL) of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) are set to provide the next NASA Rover with improved landing skills. Although the 2020 Mars Rover will have a similar appearance to Curiosity, she will sport new scientific payloads and additional capabilities – not least the potential to…