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Curiosity Mars Rover Sees Trend in Water Presence

By Guest PostMarch 20, 2013Sciencealuminum, apxs, arizona state university, basalt like proportions, calibration target, curiosity mars rover, dan, drilled rock, evidence, hydrated minerals, iron, iron bearing rocks, jim bell, knorr rock, magnesium, mars, mast camera, mastcam, maxim litvak, melissa rice, mudstone rock, NASA, silicon, trend, veins, water bearing minerals, water presence, yellowknife bay

THE WOODLANDS, Texas – NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has seen evidence of water-bearing minerals in rocks near where it had already found clay minerals inside a drilled rock.

Last week, the rover’s science team announced that analysis of powder from a drilled mudstone rock on Mars indicates past environmental conditions that were favorable for microbial life. Additional findings presented on March 18 at a news briefing at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, suggest those conditions extended beyond the site of the drilling. (more…)

Mars Panorama: Next Best Thing to Being There

By Guest PostJuly 7, 2012Sciencearizona state university, cornell university, endeavour crater, greeley haven, jim bell, mars exploration rover, mars odyssey orbiter, mars panorama, mars pathfinder, martian winter, NASA, opportunity, pancam, ron greeley, steve squyres

PASADENA, Calif. — From fresh rover tracks to an impact crater blasted billions of years ago, a newly completed view from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the ruddy terrain around the outcrop where the long-lived explorer spent its most recent Martian winter.

This scene recorded from the mast-mounted color camera includes the rover’s own solar arrays and deck in the foreground, providing a sense of sitting on top of the rover and taking in the view. Its release this week coincides with two milestones: Opportunity completing its 3,000th Martian day on July 2, and NASA continuing past 15 years of robotic presence at Mars. Mars Pathfinder landed July 4, 1997. NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor orbiter reached the planet while Pathfinder was still active, and Global Surveyor overlapped the active missions of the Mars Odyssey orbiter and Opportunity, both still in service. (more…)

Mars Movie: I’m Dreaming of a Blue Sunset

By Guest PostDecember 26, 20103 commentsSciencedust particles, french author, jim bell, marcel proust, mark lemmon, mars, mars exploration rover opportunity, mars movie, martian moons, martian sky, martian sunset, moon phobos, opportunity, pancam, robotic emissaries, spirit, sun, sunset movie, sunset movie from mars

A new Mars movie clip gives us a rover’s-eye view of a bluish Martian sunset, while another clip shows the silhouette of the moon Phobos passing in front of the sun.

America’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, carefully guided by researchers with an artistic sense, has recorded images used in the simulated movies.

These holiday treats from the rover’s panoramic camera, or Pancam, offer travel fans a view akin to standing on Mars and watching the sky. (more…)

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Curiosity Mars Rover Sees Trend in Water Presence

Mars Panorama: Next Best Thing to Being There

Mars Movie: I’m Dreaming of a Blue Sunset