Mars – Page 7 – My WordPress Site

Michael Thelen of JPL’s Exploration Systems Office discusses the newly inaugurated Rover Operations Center in JPL’s historic Space Flight Operations Facility on Dec. 10. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Exploration Gear & Tech, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Moon, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Sample Return

NASA JPL Unveils Rover Operations Center For Future Missions

by Keith CowingJanuary 3, 2026January 3, 2026

This image from a map of Jezero Crater shows the area NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is currently exploring, including Belva Crater, just below the center of the image. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/USGS-Flagstaff/JHU-APL -- NASA Larger image

Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Habitable Zones, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Radiation, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Sample Return

Recent Production Rates Of Cosmogenic Nuclides In The Igneous Rocks of Jezero Crater Floor, Mars

by Keith CowingJanuary 2, 2026January 2, 2026

Conceptual illustration of a potential human base inside a lunar lava tube, located within the basaltic crust. The lava tube offers natural protection from major surface hazards such as cosmic radiation, extreme temperature fluctuations, and meteorite impact. -- Space Science Reviews

Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Caves, Craters, Mountains & Lava Tubes, Exploration Gear & Tech, Life Support Systems, Mars, Moon

Lava Tubes On Earth, the Moon, And Mars: Detection, Evolution, And Exploration Potential

by Keith CowingJanuary 2, 2026January 2, 2026

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Larger image

Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Desert Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs

Curiosity Mars Rover Views A Rock Made Of Sulfur At Snow Lake

by Keith CowingDecember 30, 2025December 30, 2025

ID: ESP_040566_0935 date: 23 March 2015 altitude: 245 km larger image NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

Analog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Astrogeology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Desert Worlds, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars

Mesa Erosion At Mars’ South Pole

by Keith CowingDecember 29, 2025December 30, 2025

ID: ESP_044892_1695 date: 23 February 2016 altitude: 261 km larger image NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

Astrogeology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Desert Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Mars, Missions & Hardware

Mars Orbital Recon: Possible Sulfate Deposits In West Melas Chasma

by Keith CowingDecember 28, 2025December 28, 2025

Unfolding the ramps that will guide the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover onto the martian surface requires a few engineering tricks. This close-up image of the hinge shows a part of the mechanism that will swing the ramps open on the Red Planet. -- CREDIT Astronika, ESA (Larger image )

Exploration Gear & Tech, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs

Droid Tech: ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover Ramps

by Keith CowingDecember 28, 2025December 28, 2025

The North Polar layered deposits are a stack of ice-rich layers, with different layers likely having varying amounts of dust. uahirise Larger image

Analog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Astrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Cryobiology, Desert Worlds, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Mars, Terraforming & Geoengineering, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

A Slash Across Layered Deposits At Mars’ North Pole

by Keith CowingDecember 24, 2025December 24, 2025

Coprates Chasma -- NASA HiRISE

Astrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Desert Worlds, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Mars

Mars Orbital Recon: Coprates Chasma Within Valles Marineris

by Keith CowingDecember 22, 2025December 22, 2025

An image of Caenorhabditis elegans, a tiny roundworm, showing internal structures including the intestine, pharynx, and body wall muscle. C. elegans is one of the simplest organisms with a nervous system. Scientists use it to study nervous system development, among other things. This image was captured with a quantitative orientation-independent differential interference contrast (OI-DIC) microscope. The scale bar is 100 µm. Source NIH/Marine Biological Laboratory/University of Chicago

Analog Studies, Desert Worlds, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Gravitational Biology, Habitable Zones, Magnetic Fields, Electromagnetism, bioelectricity,, Mars, Microbiology & Virology

Born On Mars: Multigenerational Phenotypic Change In Caenorhabditis Elegans Under Martian Analog Gravity And Hypomagnetic Fields

by Keith CowingDecember 21, 2025December 21, 2025