What is a ‘Martian flower’?
When mineral-rich water meets igneous rock, you get a “Martian flower.” Here’s the NASA Curiosity rover’s image of it.
Tag: rovers
Happy Mars-iversary, Perseverance
The Perseverance rover’s milestones from its first year on Mars include drilling into rocks and dirt, creating oxygen, flying a helicopter. Now, it’s still trucking along on its mission to find microbial life.
China’s Yutu 2 Rover investigated a ‘mysterious hut’ on the moon
China’s Yutu 2 Rover closed in on a curious-looking feature as it scanned the far side of the moon near the Von Kármán crater.
The next generation of lunar rovers might move like flying saucers
MIT is testing a new hovering rover that works by utilizing a cheap, yet effective power source: miniature ion thrusters.
Perseverance is cutting perfect circles out of Mars to search for signs of life
The Mars Perseverance Rover is collecting specimens of rock guided by NASA, looking for signs of life in years gone by on the planet.
Curiosity found a new organic molecule on Mars
Curiosity rover took a specimen from a crater on Mars that NASA identified as rich in organic molecules, indicators of potential past life.
Why does NASA keep launching Wright brothers’ stuff into space?
NASA has a long history of sending material from the Wright brothers into space, including on the Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity. This is why.
Real-life BB-8 ‘hamster ball’ robot may one day map moon caves
The European Space Agency is working on a prototype of a spherical rover that could explore the depths of lunar caverns. It would be the first mission to delve beneath the surface of another world. The small craft, called DAEDALUS—for Descent And Exploration in Deep Autonomy of Lunar Underground Structures—would be lowered into caverns from […]
These airless bike tires rely on a metal alloy designed for NASA rovers
%%excerpt%% The Smart Bike Company’s METL tires employ NASA-developed alloys to replace rubber where your wheels meet the road.
Was there ever life on Mars? Perseverance’s SHERLOC laser sniffs for microscopic clues
NASA’s Perseverance rover is equipped with an ultraviolet laser called SHERLOC that will look for universal patterns of ancient life.