Further research can reveal whether or not organic material on Mars led to the emergence of life on the Red Planet. NASA’s Curiosity rover found organic material near Mount Sharp on Mars, which occupies the heart of the Gale Crater. (Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS). New Delhi: Carbon has two stable isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-13. Carbon-12 …
NASA’s Curiosity rover continues to make intriguing discoveries on the Martian surface. The rover’s team recently shared a captivating image on X (Formerly Twitter) of weird rock formations resembling the mythical dragon scales. The rover’s Mast Camera (Mastcam) will provide detailed images that could reveal the structure and layering of the rocks while the Chemistry …
in 2020. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Mars fans dream of a day when astronauts land on the red planet and, perhaps, even stay for a while. Until then, humanity’s robotic emissaries are our eyes on Mars. You can’t visit Mars in person (yet), but you can get an idea of what a typical day looks like with a …
NASA’s Curiosity rover took a break for about two weeks in November 2023 because the Sun was between Earth and Mars. This break is called the Mars solar conjunction. During this time, the rover is set on a break with no new commands given as the conjunction makes travelling of radio signals hard. When Curiosity …
Humanity has come a long way from considering Mars a god and even a pesky annoyance on horoscope to actually sending rovers there to study the red planet. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has for decades sents multiple rovers. Curiosity is in one of these rovers that are still on the Martian surface and …
What were you doing on November 8, 2023? I couldn’t say for myself, but I can tell you what NASA’s Curiosity rover was doing: sitting still on its 4,002nd day on Mars, taking snapshots of the Martian surface. Let’s Eat a Chocolate Xbox Controller Now, mission team members at Jet Propulsion Laboratory have stitched together …
Perseverance’s Parking Spot During Conjunction: NASA’s Perseverance rover captured this view of the location where it will be parked for several weeks during Mars solar conjunction, a period when engineers stop sending commands to spacecraft at the Red Planet because the Sun may interfere with radio signals. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Download image › Rovers and …