Mars Rover

Why NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Uses Nuclear Energy 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 30, 2020
Radioactive plutonium is crucial for keeping this and other power-hungry deep-space missions warm and working for years on end

By David Aragorn
Nasa Mars rover: How Perseverance will hunt for signs of past life 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 28, 2020
Nasa’s Perseverance rover, due to launch to Mars this summer, will search an ancient crater lake for signs of past life. But if biology ever emerged on the Red Planet, how will scientists recognise it? Here, deputy project scientist Ken Williford explains what they’re looking for.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover gets its nuclear power source 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 25, 2020
The nuclear power generator for NASA’s Perseverance rover has been installed on the spacecraft atop an Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral, and mission managers gave a green light Wednesday to continue preparations for the rover’s July 30 launch.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Curiosity rover is about to drill into this weird rock 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 22, 2020
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has arrived at its next drilling location and plans to take samples of a rock known as “Breamish.”

By David Aragorn
NASA reveals what the Mars Helicopter is really going to do 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 15, 2020
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is obviously the star of the Mars 2020 mission.

By David Aragorn
NASA Is About To Send A ‘Helicopter’ To Mars. Here’s Everything You Need To Know 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 30, 2020
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is scheduled to launch in the coming weeks, the agency’s latest effort to search for life on the Red Planet.

By David Aragorn
Curiosity Sends New Selfie from Red Planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 26, 2020
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity captured a stunning new selfie on February 26, 2020 (the 2687th Martian day, or sol, of the mission).

By David Aragorn
What’s in a name: Why NASA chose ‘Perseverance’ for its next Mars rover 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 7, 2020
The moniker captures the spirit of space exploration remarkably well, NASA officials said.

By David Aragorn
Organic molecules discovered by Curiosity Rover consistent with early life on Mars: study 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 6, 2020
Organic compounds called thiophenes are found on Earth in coal, crude oil and oddly enough, in white truffles, the mushroom beloved by epicureans and wild pigs.

By David Aragorn
See Mars like never before in this highest-resolution panorama ever from the Curiosity rover 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 6, 2020
The composite photo features 1.8 billion pixels.

By David Aragorn