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Los Alamos instrument to shine light on Mars habitability
LANL ChemCam will help unravel mysteries of Red Planet’s composition Los Alamos, NM – With the successful launch of the Mars Science Laboratory on Saturday, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers...
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NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity for the first time uses it’s Laser to analyze a...
Written by Guy Webster and D.C. Agle NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity fired its laser for the first time on Mars, using the beam from a science instrument to...
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NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity completes examination of Maritan Rock “Jake...
Written by Guy Webster and D.C. Agle NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – NASA’s rover Curiosity touched a Martian rock with its robotic arm for the first time on September 22nd, assessing...
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Martian Rock “Jake Matijevic” analysed by NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover reveals...
Written by Guy Webster and D.C. Agle NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – The first Martian rock NASA’s Curiosity rover has reached out to touch presents a more varied composition than...
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NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity’s fourth scoop of Martian Soil to be analyzed by...
Written by Guy Webster NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity shook a scoopful of dusty sand inside its sample-handling mechanism on Sol 75 (October 21st, 2012) as...
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NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity to drill rock in ditch on Mars named Yellowknife Bay
Written Guy Webster NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – The NASA Mars rover Curiosity this week is driving within a shallow depression called “Yellowknife Bay,” providing information to...
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NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity moves closer to Martian Rock selected for first...
Written by Guy Webster NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is driving toward a flat rock with pale veins that may hold clues to a wet history on the Red Planet....
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NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover data reveals remaining atmosphere on Mars is...
Written by Guy Webster NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Vienna, Austria – Mars has lost much of its original atmosphere, but what’s left remains quite active, recent findings from NASA’s Mars rover...
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NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover data reveals Pebble Rocks on Mars came from...
Pasadena, CA – NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity investigated pebble-containing slabs on Mars last year. Researchers’ have completed a detailed analysis and review of these slabs. The initial interpretation...
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NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover surpasses 100,000 firings of ChemCam Infrared Laser
Written by Guy Webster NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has passed the milestone of 100,000 shots fired by its laser. It uses the laser as one way to check...
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NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover catches Flash images from ChemCam laser firing on...
Written by Guy Webster NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – Flashes appear on a baseball-size Martian rock in a series of images taken Saturday, July 12th by the Mars Hand Lens Imager...
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NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover to analysis select rocks at Mount Sharp
Written by Guy Webster NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has completed a reconnaissance “walkabout” of the first outcrop it reached at the base of the...
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NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover examines minerals on Mars
Written by Guy Webster NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – Scientists now have a better understanding about a site with the most chemically diverse mineral veins NASA’s Curiosity rover has...
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NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover discovery of high concentrations of Silica on...
Written by Guy Webster NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – In detective stories, as the plot thickens, an unexpected clue often delivers more questions than answers. In this case, the scene...
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover may be used to search for Water on Mars
Written by Guy Webster NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – Ever since it was announced that there may be evidence of liquid water on present-day Mars, NASA scientists have wondered how best...
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NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover now picking rock targets for Laser by itself
Written by Guy Webster NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is now selecting rock targets for its laser spectrometer — the first time autonomous target selection...
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NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover discovers smooth Iron-Nickel Meteorite on Mars
Written by Guy Webster NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – Laser-zapping of a globular, golf-ball-size object on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity rover confirms that it is an iron-nickel meteorite...
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NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover uses A.I. Laser Targeting for studying Mars
Written by Andrew Good NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – Artificial intelligence is changing how we study Mars. A.I. software on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has helped it zap dozens of...
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover uses Mast Camera to Scout Terrain on Mars
Written by Laurie Cantillo / Dwayne Brown NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. – Color-discerning capabilities that NASA’s Curiosity rover has been using on Mars since 2012 are proving particularly...
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