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NASA Curiosity Shares Stunning 360 View of Mars

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

NASA Curiosity Shares Stunning 360 View of Mars With Strange White Rocks

The rover's latest discoveries, including pure sulfur stones and sprawling mineral "spiderwebs," unravel new mysteries of Mars' watery past.

Space.com on MSN · 2d

NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones

The Mars rover, built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has slowly scaled Mount Sharp since 2014. This mountain, officially monikered "Aeolis Mons," was discovered in the 1970s; cut into its alien landscape is the boulder-packed Gediz Vallis channel, which some scientists believe to be an ancient river bed.

ExtremeTech on MSN · 15h

NASA's Curiosity Rover Shares 360 Panorama of Gediz Vallis Before Moving On

You can see the expanse of white sulfur-bearing rocks in the panorama, along with some other objects of note. A wall of debris called Pinnacle Ridge looms over Gediz Vallis, and off in the distance, you can see the rim of Gale Crater, where Curiosity has been exploring since it arrived on Mars in 2012.

NASA, SpaceX and Blue Origin

Newsweek on MSN · 2d

NASA Taps SpaceX, Blue Origin for Lunar Habitat and Rover Delivery

The next phase of the Artemis program will see a Japanese rover and living quarters delivered to the lunar surface.

Space on MSN · 1d

NASA chooses SpaceX and Blue Origin to deliver rover, astronaut base to the moon

NASA wants a lunar habitat on the surface of the moon in less than ten years. NASA is keeping its foot on the gas for the space agency's Artemis program, announcing plans to assign demonstration missions for the two vehicles it has picked to land astronauts on the moon.

SciTech Daily · 1d

NASA Artemis Moon Missions: SpaceX and Blue Origin Tapped for Lunar Cargo Landers

NASA is advancing lunar exploration with the Artemis campaign, engaging SpaceX and Blue Origin to deliver vital equipment to the Moon. This initiative, which includes sending a rover and a habitat, sets the stage for extended lunar stays and a future Mars exploration.

Space on MSN2d

Did NASA's Perseverance rover really find organics on Mars? These scientists aren't so sure

Could Mars have once hosted life? NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered a tantalizing clue, but scientists remain divided ...

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A NASA lander may have killed life on Mars, scientist claims — and colleagues took his theory ‘surprisingly well’

Life on Mars may have been found — before it was accidentally destroyed during a NASA mission nearly 50 years ago, one ...

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Whoopsie, NASA Might Have Accidentally Killed Life on Mars

When the Viking 1 lander send down twin landers to study Mars in 1976, the results returned a negative result for the ...

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NASA releases stunning images from Mars rover as it searches for evidence life could have existed

NASA scientists are hoping to understand the history of where they found the rocks — and for evidence of ancient microbial ...

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Evidence of hot water that’s essential to life points to Mars’ habitable past

Researchers have uncovered what may be the oldest direct evidence of hot water activity on Mars, suggesting the red planet ...

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Former NASA Astronaut Currie-Gregg helps Texas A&M lead the nation in space engineering

The Texas A&M Space Institute has now established the university as a national leader in the growing field of space ...

CNET on MSN8d

NASA Mars Scientists Ponder 'Peculiar Pale Pebbles' Mystery

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spots a scattering of bizarre bright white pebbles of a mysterious composition and origin.

Smithsonian Magazine1d

‘Life on Mars?’ Is More Than a David Bowie Song—It’s a Question Humans Keep Asking

Following the 1990s discovery that Mars had once been a watery oasis in the solar system’s habitable zone, NASA devised a ...

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