On board the plucky little Phoenix Mars lander was an even pluckier and littler device called the Telltale. It measured, for the first time, wind speeds and directions at the Mars polar region. Scie...
Is Mars red due to rocks being rusted by the water that once flooded the red planet? And is the only explanation for the hematite found by Mars orbiters and studied by the Mars Exploration rovers is ...
About 18 months ago Doug Ellison from UnmannedSpaceflight.com created a flyover of the Columbia Hills on Mars using data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Spirit, the Mars rover. He's now ...
My description of this image: "Holy moly — what a gorgeous shot!" NASA's description of this image: "Layers in the lower portion of two neighboring buttes within the Noctis ...
Mackinac on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL/ colorization by Stuart Atkinson
Opportunity must be driving down Meteorite Alley on Mars. The rover has come across still another meteorite, the third space rock ...
The Spirit Rover, which has had its wheels stuck for 145 Martian sols, has finally moved! Though she's far from being extricated from her current position, this is the first time that she's bu...
On Monday, Nov. 16, NASA will begin transmitting commands to the Spirit rover on Mars to begin the extrication process to free the rover from where she has been stuck since April 23rd of this year. W...
