Tag: "mars"
The Mars Rover Curiosity Digs a Little Deeper
On February 8th, the rover Curiosity used its drill to bore a hole into a slab of flat bedrock, marking the first time we have probed deeply into the interior of a Martian rock in search of the secrets of Mars' past it may hold.
Post on Feb 22, 2013 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
Mars Mountain Climbing Mashup!
The comparison between Earth-side mountain exploration and the planned expedition by the Mars rover Curiosity came to my mind as I read a book my family got me over the holidays: Last Climb, the story of the legendary Mount Everest expeditions of George Leigh Mallory.
Post on Jan 25, 2013 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
Placing a Bet on the Surface of Mars
As Curiosity gets ready to use its rock drill for the first time, we can hypothesize on what it will find.
Post on Jan 17, 2013 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Still Curious About Mars in 2012
NASA is preparing to make a big announcement concerning Mars and a recent discovery by the SAM instrument on board the rover Curiosity, though has qualified the nature of the announcement to scientifically interesting, and not "earth-shaking" as the blogosphere has hyped it in speculation.
Post on Nov 30, 2012 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
News From Mars: A River Ran Through It
NASA's Curiosity rover, now exploring the alluvium at the base of Mount Sharp in Gale Crater for over two months, has struck pay dirt: the gravel and river stone conglomerate laid down by an ancient Martian stream!
Post on Oct 05, 2012 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
NASA's New Mars Rover: Armed and Curious
Space exploration has caught up with science fiction (again): we have deployed laser-armed nuclear-powered robot on Mars, and nearly two weeks after landing, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, the rover Curiosity, has fired that weapon on a Martian rock.
Post on Aug 24, 2012 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
NASA's Roving Robotic Chemist Will Collect Clues For Life on Mars
Scientists are looking for elements and molecules that signify life as we know it. But even if they don’t find those molecules, minerals contain important information about the Martian environment. That could help scientists determine if life could have survived on the planet.
Post on Aug 15, 2012 by Melissae Fellet from QUEST Northern California
Mars Science Laboratory's Touchdown on The Red Planet
Last Sunday, NASA scored a long-distance touchdown…on Mars! The Mars Science Laboratory, nicknamed "Curiosity" is the largest, most complex spacecraft ever to have set down on the Red Planet.
Post on Aug 10, 2012 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
Treasure from the Sky
The recently authenticated fall of meteorites from Mars excites fever dreams as well as scientific fervor.
Post on Jan 19, 2012 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
A Most Earthly Mineral on Mars
The planet Mars tantalizes with its resemblance to parts of Earth. Now space geologists with their trusty field assistant, the rover Opportunity, have found gypsum veins there like those in our own countryside.
Post on Jan 05, 2012 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Dumpster Diving on Mars
Ready for another great adventure to that fabled world, Mars? How about an interplanetary dumpster dive? Curious? Come with us to Gale Crater.
Post on Oct 07, 2011 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
Opportunity's Endeavour
NASA's Opportunity rover has reached the goal of its three-year slog across the landscape of Mars!
Post on Sep 23, 2011 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
Producer's Notes: Searching for Life on Mars
Science to the side, Mars has meant many things to us earthlings.
Post on May 03, 2011 by Rachel Silverman
To Boldly Go…Alone
The idea of a one-way, one-astronaut mission to Mars isn't brand new, even in the non-sci-fi world of real space exploration chatter, but it has recently resurfaced in the news.
Post on Dec 31, 2010 by Ben Burress
Reality Rocks: Prospecting on Mars
It really is an amazing time to be alive: each new report from our exploration of space reminds me of the state of our knowledge of the solar system when I was a starry-eyed child, back in the 1960s.
Post on Oct 08, 2010 by Ben Burress
Mars Trek: The Next Generation
They just keep getting bigger and better-and curiouser. The next generation Mars rover-The Mars Science Laboratory, "Curiosity"-is well off the drawing board and into its gestation phase…no longer just the gleam in the eye of robotics engineers and Marsologists.
Post on Jul 30, 2010 by Ben Burress
Shifting Sands of Far-Off Lands
What started out to be a workaday chore—replacing a broken motor in an exhibit—panned out to be a voyage of discovery to the shifting sands of another world.
Post on Mar 12, 2010 by Ben Burress
Martian Robot Roundup
Out of about 17 successul Mars missions, three orbiters, two rovers, and maybe—MAYbe—one lander are still active.
Post on Jan 15, 2010 by Ben Burress
Spirit Digs a Little Deeper into Martian Geology
NASA's Mars rover Spirit has recently made an major accidental discovery in the course of trying to free itself from a sand trap….
Post on Dec 18, 2009 by Ben Burress
New Evidence of Martian Life Found in Antarctica?
On Monday, November 30th, 2009, NASA/Johnson Space Center announced that a recent study strengthens the argument that chemical and structural features in a Martian meteorite—ALH84001—may be evidence of fossilized microbial life on Mars from the distant past.
Post on Dec 04, 2009 by Ben Burress
