Mars

Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program
Centennial Challenges
Centennial Challenges News
Earth's Moon
Mars
Marshall Space Flight Center
Prizes, Challenges & Crowdsourcing News
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA invites the media and public to explore the nexus of space and food innovation at the agency’s Deep Space Food Challenge symposium and winners’ announcement at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Aug. 16.  In 2019, NASA and the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) started the Deep Space Food […]
Posted August 2, 2024
Perseverance (Rover)
Astrobiology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars 2020
Mars Sample Return (MSR)
The Solar System
The six-wheeled geologist found a fascinating rock that has some indications it may have hosted microbial life billions of years ago, but further research is needed. A vein-filled rock is catching the eye of the science team of NASA’s Perseverance rover.
Posted July 25, 2024
Curiosity (Rover)
ExoMars
Goddard Space Flight Center
InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars 2020
Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)
Mars Express
Mars Odyssey
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Mars Sample Return (MSR)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)
Missions
Opportunity (Rover)
Perseverance (Rover)
The Solar System
Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)
Scientists from around the world are gathering this week in California to take stock of the state of science from Mars and discuss goals for the next steps in exploration of the Red Planet. In the spirit of Mars 10, formally known as the 10th International Conference on Mars, here are 10 recent significant events […]
Posted July 24, 2024
Curiosity (Rover)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Among several recent findings, the rover has found rocks made of pure sulfur — a first on the Red Planet. Scientists were stunned on May 30 when a rock that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drove over cracked open to reveal something never seen before on the Red Planet: yellow sulfur crystals. Since October 2023, the […]
Posted July 18, 2024
Perseverance (Rover)
Astrobiology
High-Tech Computing
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars 2020
Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)
Robotics
Science-enabling Technology
Artificial intelligence is helping scientists to identify minerals within rocks studied by the Perseverance rover. Some scientists dream of exploring planets with “smart” spacecraft that know exactly what data to look for, where to find it, and how to analyze it.
Posted July 16, 2024
Mars Odyssey
Deimos
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars Moons
Phobos
The 23-year-old orbiter is taking images that offer horizon-wide views of the Red Planet similar to what astronauts aboard the International Space Station see over Earth. NASA’s longest-lived Mars robot is about to mark a new milestone on June 30: 100,000 trips around the Red Planet since launching 23 years ago. During that time, the […]
Posted June 27, 2024
Perseverance (Rover)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars 2020
After six months of effort, an instrument that helps the Mars rover look for potential signs of ancient microbial life has come back online.
Posted June 26, 2024
Perseverance (Rover)
Astrobiology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Johnson Space Center
Mars
Mars 2020
Planetary Environments & Atmospheres
Tucked away with each rock and soil sample collected by the agency’s Perseverance rover is a potential boon for atmospheric scientists. Atmospheric scientists get a little more excited with every rock core NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover seals in its titanium sample tubes, which are being gathered for eventual delivery to Earth as part of the […]
Posted June 20, 2024
Perseverance (Rover)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars 2020
Mars Sample Return (MSR)
The Solar System
Originally thought of as little more than a route clear of rover-slowing boulders, Neretva Vallis has provided a bounty of geologic options for the science team.    After detouring through a dune field to avoid wheel-rattling boulders, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover reached its latest area of scientific interest on June 9. The route change not […]
Posted June 13, 2024
Mars
Curiosity (Rover)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)
In addition to producing auroras, a recent extreme storm provided more detail on how much radiation future astronauts could encounter on the Red Planet. Mars scientists have been anticipating epic solar storms ever since the Sun entered a period of peak activity earlier this year called solar maximum. Over the past month, NASA’s Mars rovers […]
Posted June 10, 2024
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