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NASA Selects Commercial Service Studies to Enable Mars Robotic Science - NASA
Nine companies have been selected to conduct early-stage studies of concepts for commercial services to support lower-cost, higher-frequency missions to theNaomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars - NASA
The Sun will be at peak activity this year, providing a rare opportunity to study how solar storms and radiation could affect future astronauts on the RedNaomi Hartono (NASA)
Major Martian Milestones - NASA Science
There’s good news from NASA’s Cloudspotting on Mars project! That’s the project that invites you to help identify exotic clouds high in the Martian atmosphere.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4166-4167: A Garden Full of Rocks - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday April 24, 2024 Here on Earth (in Toronto, specifically), it’s a very typical April which can’t quite make up its mind about whether or not it wants to be spring.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4164-4165: What’s Around the Ridge-bend? - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, April 22, 2024 Curiosity succeeded on a ~14 m drive along a bend in upper Gediz Vallis ridge (uGVR) to park next to “Pinnacle Ridge,” an outcrop of uGVR to the north.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4161-4163: Double Contact Science - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, April 19, 2024 Curiosity has a three-sol weekend plan coming up as it makes progress along the edge of upper Gediz Vallis ridge.science.nasa.gov
Why is Methane Seeping on Mars? NASA Scientists Have New Ideas - NASA Science
The most surprising revelation from NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover — that methane is seeping from the surface of Gale Crater — has scientists scratching their heads. Living creatures produce most of the methane on Earth.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4159-4160: A Fully Loaded First Sol - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Curiosity continues to make progress along the margin of upper Gediz Vallis ridge, investigating the broken bedrock in our workspace and acquiring images of the ridge deposit as the rover drives south.science.nasa.gov
Comet Geyser: Perseverance’s 24th Rock Core
After investigating the high-standing bedrock at the Bunsen Peak workspace deep within the Margin Unit, the unique nature and composition of this rock was deemed worthy for collection of Perseverance’s 24th rock core sample, Comet Geyser! Bunsen Peak…science.nasa.gov
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye … for Now - NASA
The final downlink shift by the Ingenuity team was a time to reflect on a highly successful mission — and to prepare the first aircraft on another world forNaomi Hartono (NASA)
Rock Sampled by NASA’s Perseverance Embodies Why Rover Came to Mars - NASA
The 24th sample taken by the six-wheeled scientist offers new clues about Jezero Crater and the lake it may have once held.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s Curiosity Searches for New Clues About Mars’ Ancient Water - NASA
The rover has arrived at an area that may show evidence liquid water flowed on this part of Mars for much longer than previously thought.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
NASA Delivers Science Instrument to JAXA’s Martian Moons Mission
On March 14, NASA delivered its gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer instrument to JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) for integration onto JAXA’s MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission spacecraft and final system-level testing.science.nasa.gov
Martian Barchan Dunes - NASA
On Jan. 16, 2020, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured this image of two types of sand dunes on Mars: barchan and linear dunes.NASA
The amazing helicopter on Mars, Ingenuity, will fly no more
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The amazing helicopter on Mars, Ingenuity, will fly no more
Ingenuity has spent more than two hours flying above Mars since April 2021.Ars Technica
20 Years After Landing: How NASA’s Twin Rovers Changed Mars Science - NASA
This month marks the 20th anniversary of Spirit and Opportunity’s landing on Mars, part of a mission whose legacy will extend far into the future.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures a Martian Day, From Dawn to Dusk - NASA
Videos from the rover show its shadow moving across the Martian surface during a 12-hour sequence while Curiosity remained parked.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
Ice Flows on Mars - NASA
On Aug. 18, 2023, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured ridged lines carved onto Mars’ landscape by the gradual movement of ice. While surface iceNASA
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Deciphers Ancient History of Martian Lake - NASA
Now at 1,000 days on Mars, the mission has traversed an ancient river and lake system, collecting valuable samples along the way.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar Wind - NASA
In December 2022, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of a stream of chargedJamie Adkins (NASA)
Pioneer 10 Crosses the Asteroid Belt - NASA
This illustration made on Nov. 26, 1974, by Rick Giudice shows the Pioneer 10 spacecraft traveling through the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, theNASA
A Miniature Mariner-C - NASA
A model of the Mariner-C spacecraft seems to float in the darkness of space in this photo from a June 1964 Conference on New Technology at NASA’s GlennNASA
NASA’s Mars Fleet Will Still Conduct Science While Lying Low - NASA
Rovers and orbiters will continue collecting limited data during a two-week communications pause due to the position of Earth, the Sun, and the Red Planet.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s Mars Fleet Will Still Conduct Science While Lying Low - NASA
Rovers and orbiters will continue collecting limited data during a two-week communications pause due to the position of Earth, the Sun, and the Red Planet.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars - NASA
The mission team is making sure the robotic scientist, now in its fourth extended mission, is staying strong, despite wear and tear from its 11-year journey.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA, JAXA Benefit from Collaborative Fellowship Experience - NASA
A yearlong journey of cultural and professional development overseas has a NASA Deep Space Logistics employee excited about current and future collaborationJim Cawley (NASA)
NASA Is Locating Ice on Mars With This New Map - NASA
The map could help the agency decide where the first astronauts to the Red Planet should land. The more available water, the less missions will need to bring.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
A Bear on Mars? - NASA
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured this bit of ursine pareidolia on Dec. 12, 2022. While it resembles a bear we might see on Earth, this isNASA
NASA’s Perseverance Captures Dust-Filled Martian Whirlwind
The six-wheeled geologist spotted the twister as part of an atmospheric exploration of Jezero Crater.Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
Branched Features on the Floor of Antoniadi Crater.
Mariagat Włodek Głażewski, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Slice of the DaG 1037 Martian Meteorite.
Flickr via Steve Jurvetson: flic.kr/p/2kFHWmG (CC BY 2.0)
The Inner Beauty of Mars — DaG 1037 with trapped Martian Atmosphere
This slice was made by others, but it best reveals what lies within my 2kg Martian stone. My focus is on the vesicles that riddle the darker shock-melt areas.Flickr
One of the most unique meteorites: "Black Beauty" (NWA 7034) Martian Basaltic Breccia.
Although I could never find thin sections of this particular one, I was able to acquire related ones: NWA 11220 and NWA 8171.
NWA 8171 Visible: flic.kr/p/2kWRKaw
NWA 8171 XPL: flic.kr/p/NYpHYW
NWA 11220: flic.kr/p/2m1Lspi
NWA 11220 XPL: flic.kr/p/ZQJrh9
Mars Meteorite - NWA 7034, NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
NWA 11220 Meteorite Thin Section - Gigapixel
Martian Basaltic Breccia Nikon D810 digiCamControl Zerene Stacker Picture Window Pro GIMP ImageMagick Full-screen gigapixel krpano panorama: cdn.solaranamnesis.com/ThinSections/krpano/nwa11220/Meteo... Post: blog.solaranamnesis.Flickr