Tag Archive for 'rover'

Opportunity photographed these small spherical objects on September 6, 2012 using the Microscopic Imager. The view covers an area about 6 cm across on the western rim of Endeavour Crater (NASA / JPL-Caltech / Cornell University / USGS / Modesto Junior College)

Mysterious Spherical Objects on Mars Puzzle NASA Scientists

Sep 21, 2012 by Sci-News.com

NASA’s rover Opportunity has returned an image of the Martian surface that is puzzling researchers. Opportunity photographed these small spherical...

Late Afternoon Shadows at Endeavour Crater on Mars, as seen by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity (NASA / JPL-Caltech / Cornell / Arizona State University)

Mars Rover Opportunity Sees Its Own Shadow

May 24, 2012 by Sci-News.com

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has taken a memorable view of a large Martian crater. Late afternoon shadows at Endeavour Crater on Mars,...

Model of a tumbleweed Mars rover (Alexander Hartl et al)

Model of Wind-Driven Tumbleweed Mars Rover Developed

May 23, 2012 by Sci-News.com

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a model of a wind-driven tumbleweed Mars rover capable of moving across rocky Martian terrain. Model...

This bomb sag on the surface of Mars was created during a volcanic blast approximately 3.5 billion years ago. The researchers have replicated the sag in a lab while studying the possibility of water and atmospheric conditions of early Mars (NASA / JPL)

Study Provides More Evidence of Water and Dense Atmosphere on Early Mars

May 4, 2012 by James Freeman

A team of US researchers has found new evidence that early Mars was saturated with water and that its atmosphere was considerably thicker, at least 20...