Schiaparelli Impact Site on Mars Viewed From Orbit “This Oct. 25, 2016, image shows the area where the European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli test lander reached the surface of Mars, with magnified insets of three sites where components of the spacecraft hit the ground. It is the first view of the site from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter taken after the Oct. 19, […]
Beagle 2 Mars lander’s remains may have been spotted on red planet, Guardian … Beagle 2’s final resting place may finally have been discovered. Scientists operating the HiRise camera on Nasa’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) will take part in a press conference this Friday to announce “an update” on the ill-fated mission.” #NASA has indeed obtained an image of what they think is Beagle 2 on Mars News/image soon. Its […]
U.S., Europe Won’t Go It Alone in Mars Exploration, Space News “Let me say this clearly, because we hear all the time that NASA has ‘abandoned’ ExoMars,” Bolden said. “We have not abandoned ExoMars, and the Electra payload is an example of our continuing high interest in the mission.” ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, NASA.gov “NASA will not be moving forward with the planned 2016 and 2018 ExoMars missions that we […]
NASA Spacecraft Data Suggest Water Flowing on Mars “Observations from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed possible flowing water during the warmest months on Mars. “NASA’s Mars Exploration Program keeps bringing us closer to determining whether the Red Planet could harbor life in some form,” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said, “and it reaffirms Mars as an important future destination for human exploration.” Dark, finger-like features appear and extend down some […]
NASA Spacecraft Reveals Dramatic Changes In Mars’ Atmosphere “NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has discovered the total amount of atmosphere on Mars changes dramatically as the tilt of the planet’s axis varies. This process can affect the stability of liquid water if it exists on the Martian surface and increase the frequency and severity of Martian dust storms. Researchers using MRO’s ground-penetrating radar identified a large, buried deposit of frozen […]
Keith’s 21 March 9:20 pm EDT note: This Tweet was just posted by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Team: “We’ve been quiet lately. But we have a good reason.”
Photo: Opportunity Rover at Santa Maria Crater As Seen From Mars Orbit “HiRISE acquired this image of the Opportunity rover on the Southwest rim of Santa Maria Crater on New Year’s Eve 2010, or Sol 2466 of the rover’s surface mission. Opportunity is imaging the crater interior to better understand the geometry of rock layers as a means of defining the stratigraphy and the impact process. Santa Maria is a […]
Silica on Mars Volcano Tells of Wet and Cozy Past “Light-colored mounds of a mineral deposited on a volcanic cone more than three billion years ago may preserve evidence of one of the most recent habitable microenvironments on Mars. Observations by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enabled researchers to identify the mineral as hydrated silica and to see its volcanic context. The mounds’ composition and their location on the flanks of […]
Features musical contribution from Gorkha. Captioned and spotlight images from HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Highly explosive. See http://uahirise.org for more.
Mars orbiter reported facing a potentially fatal scenario, Arizona Star “While the engineers have not been able to find the root cause of why the orbiter did so on Aug. 26, they are seeing a pattern among the four occurrences this year. “In all four cases the most likely scenario is that … either one of the voltages wasn’t right or the part of the device that measures voltages indicated […]
