Mars Curiosity Rover’s 7 Minutes of Terror 14 Years Ago

Mars Curiosity rover’s 7 minutes of terror 14 years ago

To celebrate the 14-year anniversary of Curiosity rover's arrival on Mars, here’s a video on the final 7 minutes of its chilling descent on August 5-6, 2012. The post Mars Curiosity rover’s 7 minutes of terror 14 years ago first appeared on EarthSky.

Was there ever life on Mars? We might finally be closer to knowing

New research presented at the COSPAR space conference in Florence points to possible signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, based on mineral and organic matter found by NASA's Perseverance rover.

August 5 in History: Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and Curiosity’s Mars Landing

On August 5, 1963, the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom signed the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in Moscow, a major step in easing Cold War tensions. The agreement banned nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, outer space, and underwater, though it still allowed underground testing. At the time, the treaty mattered because people around the world feared radioactive fallout and the growing risk of nuclear war. It still m…

Scientist Constructs "Big Picture" of Mars Water from Rover Data

Rover data from more than 20 years ago has revealed clues to the existence of liquid water on ancient Mars. The NASA Spirit Rover carried a specialized instrument called a Mössbauer Spectrometer that performed mineralogical analyses of soil, rock, and dust on the surface of the Red Planet at Gusev Crater. Individual measurements didn't always indicate definitive proof of water, but when scientist Paolo de Souza of Edith Cowan University in Austr…

A Consolidated Mössbauer Spectrum For Undisturbed Soils From Gusev Crater, Mars

Mössbauer analyses from MIMOS II data collected on Mars provided breakthrough insights into iron mineralogy of the planet’s surface. [Life] Resulting from limited measurement time, science operations were […] The post A Consolidated Mössbauer Spectrum For Undisturbed Soils From Gusev Crater, Mars appeared first on Astrobiology.