Stories tagged "mars"

There's a new Martian movie, though it's not quite feature-length. A series of still images taken by the Phoenix Mars Lander of water-ice clouds sailing overhead on the Red Planet has been turned into a short animation by NASA mission scientists.

NASAs Mars Exploration rover Opportunity is heading back out to the Red Planets surrounding plains nearly a year after descending into a large Martian crater to examine exposed ancient rock layers.

NASA altering the true colors of Mars? See the raw NASA images

NASA / JPL-Caltech / UA / TAMU The Surface Stereo Imager on Phoenix Mars Lander sent back this view of the probe's workspace in Mars' north polar region at the mission's 90-day mark. Click on the image for a larger view from the Phoenix

A year after climbing into Victoria Crater, Opportunity will drive itself out on all six wheels. Hopefully.

NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander has scooped up a soil sample from an intermediate depth between the ground surface and a subsurface icy layer. The sample was delivered to a laboratory oven on the spacecraft.

Phoenix lander digging more trenches. More samples planned for analysis.

Its getting a little nippy at night on Mars. The Phoenix landers Surface Stereo Imager took this image at 6 a.m. on Sol 79 (August 14, 2008 here on Earth), and a thin layer of water frost is visible on the ground around the landing area. From subsequent i

It seems that some people are so afraid of life outside of a nanny state, that they can’t even bear the thought of some people having freedom in space. According to L. Neil Smith, a leading British astronomer has expressed concern that Mars could resemb

NASA is considering flying a prototype plasma rocket engine designed by a former astronaut to the International Space Station for testing.